Table 1.

Patient characteristics and infection markers early after minor or major severe mechanical trauma

	Injury Severity Score <20	Injury Severity Score ≥20	P, Mann–Whitney U test
Group characteristic	31 patients; Injury Severity Score, 14 ± 4	59 patients; Injury Severity Score, 30 ± 9
Age (mean ± standard deviation)	28 ± 14	31 ± 17	>0.9
Gender (male/female)	21/10	40/19	>0.9
Lethal outcome (n)	0	15	<0.01
Initial procalcitonin (0–48 hours) (median, quartiles) (ng/ml)	0.52 (<0.3 to 1.1)	2.43 (0.79–5.16)	<0.01
Initial C-reactive protein (0–72 hours) (median, quartiles) (mg/l)	126 (65–151)	120 (82–169)	<0.17