Figure 2.
Plasma concentrations of the corresponding C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations of patients within four categories of the sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA)Figure 4 score. Indicated are median (●), 25/75 percentiles (box) and 10/90 percentiles (whisker) of CRP concentrations (n) obtained from 40 patients during a 15-day observation period. *P <0.05 compared with the preceding category (Mann-Whitney U-test).