Table 3.
C-reactive protein levels and IL-6 levels
| Group | C-reactive protein (mg/l)
|
IL-6 (pg/ml)
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial DNA negative (n = 46) | Bacterial DNA positive (n =12) | P | Bacterial DNA negative (n = 46) | Bacterial DNA positive (n =12) | P | |
| Patients with AVF (n = 44) | 5.2 ± 4.4 | 10 ± 5.1 | 0.016 | 2.6 ± 1.67 | 8.1 ± 7.5 | 0.0015 |
| Patients with CVC (n = 14) | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 12.1 ± 3.9 | 0.0035 | 10.6 ± 8.9 | 26.8 ± 16.8 | 0.29 |
| Total (n = 58) | 5.3 ± 4.7 | 10.6 ± 4.7 | 0.0027 | 3.7 ± 4.3 | 14.9 ± 18.4 | 0.0035 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD. AVF, arteriovenous fistula; CVC, central venous catheter.