Table 2.

Serum PCT, CRP, and leukocyte in all study groups

Sepsis biomarker	Metastasis		Non-metastasis
	Sepsis	Non-sepsis	Sepsis	Non-sepsis
	n = 36	n = 35	n = 9	n = 32
Leukocyte, /μL, median (min–max)	19,500 (4160–67,600)**	8860 (2930–24,910)	13,830 (2050–48,340)	7730 (1100–22,680)
CRP, mg/L, median (min–max)	112.5 (16.2–259.3)**	13.6 (0.8–210.5)	143.1 (51–271.4)	5.8 (0.5–209.8)
PCT, ng/mL, median (min–max)	3.48 (0.66–189.4)**	0.25 (0.07–1.76)*	2.92 (1.1–921.4)	0.09 (0.03–0.54)

Mann–Whitney test; *p < 0.05 vs. group non-metastasis non-sepsis; **p < 0.05 vs. group metastasis non-sepsis