Table 5. Median value (95% CI) of leukocyte differential count and C-reactive protein vs. Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in all patients admitted in intensive care unit (ICU).
| Parameters | SOFA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 | 6-10 | 11-15 | >15 | |
| Leukocytes (×109/L) | 10.56γ (10.14-10.98) | 9.42ε (8.81-10.38) | 9.95ζ (8.03-11.61) | 16.48 (12.06-19.54) |
| Neutrophils (×109/L) | 8.32γ (7.92-8.84) | 7.79ε (7.41-8.36) | 8.68ζ (7.12-10.36) | 14.73 (10.25-18.25) |
| Lymphocytes (×109/L) | 0.92α (0.88-0.96) | 0.76δε (0.70-0.86) | 0.51 (0.45-0.62) | 0.53 (0.38-0.58) |
| Monocytes (×109/L) | 0.81α (0.76-0.85) | 0.65 (0.59-0.72) | 0.54 (0.43-0.64) | 0.65 (0.39-1.07) |
| Immature granulocytes (×109/L) | 0.17βγ (0.15-0.19) | 0.15ε (0.11-0.19) | 0.20ζ (0.14-0.28) | 0.65 (0.36-1.30) |
| Highly fluorescent cells (×109/L) | 0.01γ (0.01-0.02) | 0.01ε (0.01-0.02) | 0.01ζ (0.01-0.02) | 0.04 (0.03-0.06) |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | 8.2 (7.2-9.4) | 7.2 (5.8-9.0) | 8.3 (5.2-12.8) | 7.4 (4.8-13.8) |
Statistically significant differences by Steel-Dwass-Critchlow-Fligner and by Kruskal-Wallis test with P<0.001: γ, SOFA <5 vs. >15; ε, SOFA 6-10 vs. >15; ζ, SOFA 11-15 vs. >15; α, SOFA <5 vs. 6-10, 11-15 and >15; δ, SOFA 6-10 vs. 11-15; β, SOFA <5 vs. 11-15.