Table 2.
Comparison of procalcitonin expression according to population a
| Group |
PCT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | Interquartile range | Mean rank | χ 2 (overall) | P (overall) | χ 2 (group) | P (group) | |
| Simple infection (1) |
0.28 |
0.06 to 0.49 |
1,661.01 |
446.9 |
0.00 |
(12) 52.7 |
(12) 0.00 |
| (13) 233.8 |
(13) 0.00 |
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| (14) 77.6 |
(14) 0.00 |
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| Simple heart failure (2) |
0.13 |
0.05 to 0.22 |
1,288.63 |
(23) 252.9 |
(23) 0.00 |
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| (24) 9.10 |
(24) 0.00 |
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| (34) 205.7 |
(34) 0.00 |
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| Infection complicated by congestive heart failure (3) |
0.45 |
0.12 to 2.59 |
2,232.60 |
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| Healthy control (4) | 0.04 | 0.05 to 0.12 | 996.42 | ||||
aPCT, Procalcitonin.