Table 2.

Comorbidities and laboratory blood test results for the NSTI, non-NSTI, and cellulitis only patient groups. Statistical test results ($p$-values) reflect comparisons to the NSTI patient group.

Clinical variable	NSTI group ($n=6$)	Non-NSTI group ($n=8$)	$p$-Value	Cellulitis only patient group ($n=6$)	$p$-Value
Comorbidity, n (%)
Diabetes mellitus	4 (67%)	5 (63%)	1.00	3 (50%)	1.00
Peripheral vascular Disease	1 (17%)	4 (50%)	0.48	2 (33%)	0.48
Laboratory finding, mean ± std. dev.
CRP level (mg/L)a	213.3 ± 96.1	202.7 ± 79.9	0.83	208.5 ± 56.2	0.69
WBC count ($\text{cells}/\mu \mathrm{L}$)	16.1 ± 7.0	17.7 ± 6.9	0.66	16.1 ± 5.9	0.94
Hemoglobin level (g/dL)	11.5 ± 2.4	13.1 ± 1.7	0.24	13.0 ± 1.9	0.26
Sodium level (mmol/L)	135.2 ± 4.4	132.0 ± 3.2	0.22	132.3 ± 3.7	0.35
Creatinine level (mg/dL)	1.4 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.7	0.98	1.4 ± 0.8	0.85
Glucose level (mg/dL)	225.8 ± 225.9	189.8 ± 117.7	0.85	184.7 ± 120.2	0.82
Clinical score, mean ± std. dev.
LRINEC	5.8 ± 2.1	6.0 ± 3.1	0.68	5.8 ± 3.5	0.72

CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cell count.

^aCRP level not recorded for two patients; see Table 1 above.