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. 2013 Dec 17;13:596. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-596

Table 2.

Comparison of inflammatory variables

Level
Inflammatory parameters
  PCT(ng/ml) hsCRP(mg/L) IL-6(pg/ml) WBC(×10 9 /L) TNF-α(pg/ml)
Mild to Moderate (n = 203)
0.044 (0.027 ~ 0.241)
6.7 (3.8 ~ 13.5)
8.1 (4.5 ~ 13.4)
11.7±4.2
29.3 (12.5 ~ 46.2)
Severe to Critical (n = 52)
0.263 (0.158 ~ 0.482)
7.4 (4.9 ~ 16.4)
21.2 (13.7 ~ 48.1)
12.1±3.8
31.7 (14.1 ~ 50.6)
Statistic value
Z = −2.324
Z = −0.538
Z = −3.217
t =0.013
t = −0.615
p value 0.041 0.557 0.036 0.989 0.805

Note: Data are presented as M (QL ~ QU) or mean ± SD.