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. 2024 Sep 4;24:920. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09822-y

Table 2.

Analysis of clinical phenotypic differences between the consistent and inconsistent groups of Blood-BALF pathogens

Variables Pathogen inconsistent group (N = 12) Pathogen consistent group (N = 18) R P value
PCT, µg/L, median (IQR) 5.53 (2.55,22.57) 5.46 (1.98,29.72) 0.080 0.673
WBC (109/L), median (IQR) 14.65 (8.97,16.2) 10.7 (4.9,13.65) -0.276 0.140
CRP, mg/L, median (IQR) 128.35 (95.94,173.6) 98.04 (54.12,175.93) -0.096 0.615
Neutrophil ratio, median (IQR) 89.5 (82.83,93.7) 90.6 (83.58,93.18) -0.169 0.373
Length of stay (days), median (IQR) 9 (4.5,15) 9 (6.5,13.5) 0.039 0.849
Clinically relevant, n (%) 6 (50) 15 (78.95) 0.356 0.053
Improving, n (%) 5 (41.67) 13 (68.42) 0.306 0.101
Survive, n (%) 4 (33.33) 8 (42.11) 0.106 0.593