Table 2.

Demographical characteristics and laboratory values for the sepsis and control patients

	Sepsis n = 204	Control group n = 223	p
Gender, male n (%)	92 (45.1)	115 (51.6)	0.181
Vaginal delivery, n (%)	21.0 (10.3)	15.0 (6.7)	0.250
Age of mother (years) med (min-max)	29.0 (16.0–40.0)	29.0 (19.0–43.0)	0.592
Birth weight med (min-max)	1330.0 (550.0–2830.0)	1500.0 (640.0–2960.0)	0.025
Chorioamnionitis, n (%)	21.0 (10.3)	0.0 (0.0)	< 0.001
Early membrane rupture, n (%)	24.0 (11.8)	0.0 (0.0)	< 0.001
Thrombocytopenia, n (%)	71.0 (34.8)	7.0 (3.1)	< 0.001
Mortality, n (%)	42.0 (20.6)	0.0 (0.0)	< 0.001
Platelet 1 (× 103/mm3) med (min-max)	225.0 (23–601)	250.0 (93–705)	0.001
CRP 1 mg/L med (min-max)	15.0 (0.0–200.0)	1.5 (0.0–13.0)	< 0.001
PCT 1 ng/mL med (min-max)	10.1 (0.0–200.0)	0.2 (0.0–11.0)	< 0.001
MPV 1 fL med (min-max)	8.4 (5.9–12.1)	7.8 (6.0–11.2)	< 0.001

CRP C-reactive protein, PCT Procalcitonin, MPV Mean platelet volume