. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Exp Cardiolog. 2016 Apr 21;7(4):432. doi: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000432

Table 3.

Inflammatory markers in patients with severely depressed longitudinal ε.

	Preserved (n=25)	Mildly Depressed (n=11)	Severely Depressed (n=4)	P-value
PCT [ng/mL]	0.3 (0.1, 25.28)	0.8 (0.12, 9.35)	4.1 (0.13, 143.9)	0.07
CRP [mg/dL]	4.9 (0.1, 29.1)	10.0 (1.10, 22.60)	13.5 (11, 19.1)	0.07

Preserved strain refers to patients with ε ≤ −18%, mildly depressed ε includes patients with −15 %< ε <−18%, and severely depressed ε refers to those with values >−15%. NS: Non-Significant. Values are presented as median (range). PCT: Procalcitonin; CRP: C-Reactive Protein.