Table 3 .

The comparison the CRP and PCT levels and the WBC between the patients with and without postoperative infectious complications

	Infectious complication ( +)		Infectious complication (−)
	n	Median (interquartile range)	n	Median (interquartile range)	p
POD1
CRP	18	6.72 (4.57–9.66)	136	5.15 (3.34–7.17)	0.045
PCT	18	0.522 (0.321–1.05)	136	0.425 (0.178–0.873)	0.184
WBC	18	8.1 (7–11.1)	136	8.6 (7.2–10.6)	0.613
POD4
CRP	18	13.89 (4.25–20.18)	136	3.47 (2.28–6.92)	< 0.001
PCT	14	0.515 (0.274–1.3)	122	0.201 (0.114–0.418)	0.001
WBC	18	8.1 (6.8–9.4)	136	6.3 (5.2–7.8)	0.010