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. 2021 Feb 22;12:627579. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.627579

Table 2.

Thromboinflammatory parameters in serum/plasma at admission to the ICU (n ≤ 65).

n Median IQR Reference range p
General inflammation:
IL-6 37 103 46–167 <7.0 ng/L ****
CRP 63 169 118–235 <5 mg/L ****
Ferritin 52 1,074 515–2,477 25 - 310 µg/L ****
Procalcitonin 59 1.05 0.19–1.10 <0.05 µg/L ****
Neutrophil count 56 5.8 3.95–7.58 1.5–5.4 × 109/L ****
Platelet count 64 214 147–300 150–350 × 109/L ****
Complement system:
Classical pathway1 22 98 82–112 80%–120% **
Alternative pathway 1 22 107 78–125 50%–150% ns
C1q2 65 91 68 –111 70–300 mg/L ***
MBL2 65 625 303–1,112 288–611 kU/L ****
C42 22 0.23 0.19–0.39 0.13–0.32 g/L **
C32 65 1.21 0.97–1.46 0.67–1.29 g/L ****
Factor B2 22 0.61 0.53–0.70 0.19–0.50 g/L ****
C4d3 55 1,966 551–3,815 <1,000 ng/ml ****
C3a3 65 253 164–390 <200 µg/L ****
C3d,g3 65 6.8 5.7–8.3 <5.3 mg/L ****
sC5b-93 65 142 103–213 <50 µg/L ****
Kallikrein/kinin system:
FXII2 62 21.9 19.4–27.9 14.9–44.9 mg/L ns
Prekallikrein2 65 26.1 20.7–29.0 30.4–62.0 mg/L ****
HK2 62 30.6 26.0–36.9 27.8–102.6 mg/L ****
Coagulation system:
APTT1 16 38 33–40 30–42 s ns
INR1 20 1.1 1.0–1.2 0.9–1.2 INR ns
Fibrinogen2 11 6.5 5.1–7.6 2.0–4.2 g/L ****
TAT3 64 47 33–67 <10 µg/L ****
Fibrinolysis system:
D-dimer 3 61 1.40 0.88 – 2.65 <0.50 mg/L ****

1Functional assays of the cascade systems in plasma.

2Plasma protein concentration.

3Activation product plasma concentration.

Fisher´s exact test was used. IQR, interquartile range; MBL, mannose binding lectin; HK, high molecular weight kininogen; APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; INR, international normalized ratio; TAT, thrombin-antithrombin.

** <0.01, **** <0.0001.