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. 2013 Oct 7;10:122. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-122

Table 2.

Preoperative serum biomarker levels of patients with and without postoperative delirium

Biomarker
No delirium
Delirium
P value
  Median (IQR) Median (IQR)  
IL-6
23.16 (9.51-44.10)
48.13 (24.85-55.74)
0.021
N=37
N=23
CRP*
3.00 (1.00-6.50)
4.00 (1.00-8.00)
0.354
N=17
N=14
ESR#
14.00 (8.00-23.50)
15.00 (7.00-23.00)
0.589
  N=37 N=23  

*CRP, C-reactive protein; #ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.