Table 4.

Comparison of clinical parameters and inflammatory markers between the two groups on different days.

	Group	Baseline	First day after blood culture collection	Second day after blood culture collection	F/z	p
LYMPH% (%)	Positive blood culture group	9.19 ± 5.44	9.38 ± 4.34	8.57 ± 5.53	0.082	0.922
	Negative blood culture group	8.54 ± 3.64	16.46 ± 5.49 a	13.35 ± 5.89	4.89	0.018
CRP (mg/L)	Positive blood culture group	165.25 ± 68.96	158.62 ± 79.30	201.49 ± 56.95	1.342	0.275
	Negative blood culture group	95.49 ± 81.84	74.60 ± 43.76	107.44 ± 119.66	0.29	0.752
ALB (g/L)	Positive blood culture group	30.69 ± 3.84	29.74 ± 4.29	29.80 ± 3.84	0.603	0.553
	Negative blood culture group	36.22 ± 3.44	33.61 ± 2.41	31.54 ± 4.66	0.25	0.784
D-dimer (μg/L)	Positive blood culture group	3.41 (2.39, 4.57)	4.13 (1.95, 12.11)	4.57 (3.24, 9.06)	0.67	0.716
	Negative blood culture group	1.32 (1.05, 3.22)	1.15 (1.02, 1.71)	1.48 (1.29, 3.00)	1.86	0.395
PCT (ng/mL)	Positive blood culture group	0.24 (0.11, 2.58)	2.90 (1.24, 30.49)a	1.77 (0.40, 0.52)	6.67	0.036
	Negative blood culture group	0.49 (0.21, 1.57)	0.35 (0.06, 1.28)	0.31 (0.18, 1.86)	0.21	0.900
IL-6 (pg/mL)	Positive blood culture group	179.50 (98.14, 543.82)	131.74 (76.39, 375.13)	128.14 (56.48, 279.29)	0.46	0.793
	Negative blood culture group	43.02 (17.81, 82.11)	45.46 (18.09, 64.40)	26.12 (11.29, 209.99)	0.24	0.887
IL-10 (pg/mL)	Positive blood culture group	4.53 (2.23, 7.40)	5.01 (2.85, 13.45)	9.16 (6.61, 13.45)	3.858	0.145
	Negative blood culture group	5.75 (3.93, 9.57)	2.58 (1.71, 5.43)	3.58 (2.03, 5.40)	1.81	0.406

^aSignificant difference compared with the baseline.

Values are mean ± standard deviation, or median (P25, P75).

LYMPH%, lymphocyte percentage; PCT, procalcitonin; CRP, C-reaction protein; ALB, albumin; IL, immunoglobulin.