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. 2012 Feb;167(2):303–308. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04512.x

Table 2.

H-ficolin, L-ficolin, M-ficolin, mannan-binding lectin (MBL)-associated serine protease 2 (MASP-2) and MASP-3 concentrations (µg/ml plasma) in patients with infectious complications

Febrile neutropenia Documented infection Bacteraemia Severe infection




Total No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes




(n = 117) (n = 55) (n = 62) P-value (n = 56) (n = 61) P-value (n = 91) (n = 26) P-value (n = 79) (n = 38) P-value
H-ficolin (µg/ml)
 Median 28·5 27·4 29·2 0·42 27·2 29·7 0·16 27·8 32·4 0·34 27·4 30·6 0·41
 Interquartile range 24·1–34·8 21·6–35·3 24·9–34·8 21·7–33·7 24·9–38·1 24·2–34·6 22·9–38·8 23·8–34·6 24·1–38·8
L-ficolin (µg/ml)
 Median 1·57 1·69 1·55 0·65 1·56 1·57 0·95 1·55 1·68 0·76 1·54 1·68 0·47
 Interquartile range 1·29–2·20 1·18–2·72 1·29–1·90 1·13–2·22 1·33–2·05 1·21–2·20 1·29–2·25 1·09–2·13 1·33–2·72
M-ficolin (µg/ml)
 Median 0·39 0·49 0·28 0·01 0·47 0·28 0·02 0·45 0·26 0·02 0·47 0·27 0·01
 Interquartile range 0·19–0·75 0·24–0·95 0·15–0·57 0·24–0·94 0·12–0·57 0·23–0·85 0·12–0·45 0·23–0·90 0·12–0·45
MASP-2 (µg/ml)
 Median 0·41 0·37 0·44 0·23 0·34 0·47 0·007 0·37 0·57 0·01 0·37 0·53 0·008
 Interquartile range 0·29–0·58 0·28–0·48 0·31–0·59 0·27–0·45 0·34–0·60 0·28–0·51 0·35–0·67 0·27–0·48 0·35–0·64
MASP-3 (µg/ml)
 Median 4·64 4·66 4·58 0·91 4·63 4·69 0·91 4·66 4·46 0·70 4·66 4·46 0·88
 Interquartile range 3·43–5·64 3·21–5·81 3·84–5·56 3·40–5·67 3·69–5·64 3·34–5·64 3·92–6·29 3·37–5·64 3·73–5·76