Table 2.

Patient Admission Data

	Inflammation (n=47)	Local Infection (n=41)	Disseminated Infection (n=103)	p-value*
Age (years)	4.95 (3.35–6.63)	4.99 (1.93–10.45)	6.21 (2.98–9.93)	0.21
Gender (% M)	68	68	59	0.22
Non-weight bearing at presentation (%)	61.7	61.0	68.9	0.35
History of trauma (%)	19.1	17.1	24.3	0.29
CRP (mg/L)	4.3 (1.3–17.8)	32.7 (16.6–84.2)	80.0 (40.5–160.7)	<0.001
WBC (cells/ul)	11.2 (8.6–13.6)	10.7 (9.4–13.6)	11.5 (9.1–14.9)	0.36
Temperature (F)	98.2 (97.9–99.3)	98.8 (98.4–100.5)	99.3 (98.4–101.1)	0.007
Pulse	114 (97–129)	121 (100–146)	126 (110–146)	0.029
Respiration Rate	24 (20–26)	24 (20–28)	24 (20–28)	0.33

Univariate analysis performed using Kruskall-Walis for continuous variables and Pearson Chi Square test for dichotomous variables. Values presented represent the median with the 25–75 percentiles, except where noted.

^*denotes significant value (P≤0.05).