Table 5.
Levels of procalcitonin, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, C-reactive protein, IL-6, white blood cells and neutrophils in different groups
| Variablea | Noninfected without SIRS (n = 48) | Noninfected with SIRS (n = 19) | Infection without SIRS (n = 32) | Sepsis (n = 47) | Severe sepsis (n = 27) |
| Procalcitonin (ng/ml) | |||||
| Median | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Interquartile range | 0.05–0.11 | 0.05–0.14 | 0.07–0.34 | 0.08–0.65 | 0.22–14.6 |
| Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (μg/ml) | |||||
| Median | 16.3 | 16.4 | 27.4 | 33.5 | 40.4 |
| Interquartile range | 12.6–25.3 | 11.3–26.5 | 18.3–41.2 | 25.0–43.2 | 18.0–63.6 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/l) | |||||
| Median | 18.0 | 19.0 | 122.0 | 120.0 | 217.0 |
| Interquartile range | 10.0–38.0 | 10.0–65.0 | 54.0–215.0 | 41.0–190.0 | 78.0–414.0 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | |||||
| Median | 8.7 | 9.8 | 20.6 | 72.6 | 199.3 |
| Interquartile range | 3.2–20.7 | 2.0–23.7 | 9.8–99.4 | 25.9–274.5 | 67.5–2833.0 |
| White blood cells (109/l) | |||||
| Median | 7.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 12.2 |
| Interquartile range | 6.7–9.2 | 7.8–12.1 | 7.7–11.9 | 9.2–17.1 | 7.0–17.5 |
| Neutrophils (109/l) | |||||
| Median | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| Interquartile range | 4.6–6.9 | 6.2–9.8 | 5.1–9.7 | 7.1–14.8 | 5.5–15.4 |
SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome. aP < 0.001 by the Kruskal–Wallis test.