Table 3.
Comparison of laboratory and index results of the groups
| Delivery before 48 h n = 167 (49.5%) |
Delivery after 48 h n = 170 (50.5%) |
p value | Delivery before 7 days n = 250 (74.2%) |
Delivery after 7 days n = 87 (25.8%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRP first (mg/L) | 9.1 (12.9) | 7.5 (11.2) | 0.027a | 9.1 (14.2) | 6.9 (8.9) | 0.045a |
| CRP second (mg/L) | 19.3 (39.3) | 10.1 (26.7) | 0.001a | 13.3 (32.4) | 14.5 (29.6) | 0.730a |
| Velocity of CRP | 0.33 (0.9) | 0.10 (0.4) | < 0.001a | 0.16 (0.66) | 0.14 (0.50) | 0.630a |
| IBI | 44.2 (135.6) | 37.5 (57.7) | 0.047a | 44.0 (127.1) | 34.5 (45.6) | 0.024a |
Data are expressed as median (interquartile range). A p value of < 0.05 indicates a significant difference and statistically significant p values are in bold
CRP C-reactive protein, IBI inflammatory burden index
aMann–Whitney U test