Table 3.

Correlations between BUN levels and clinical parameters.

Variables	r	p
Age (day)	–0.084	.011
Weight (kg)	–0.024	.473
Temperature (°C)	0.069	.036
Respiratory (rate/minute)	0.089	.007
Heart rate (bpm)	0.083	.012
SBP (mm Hg)	–0.055	.096
DBP (mm Hg)	–0.037	.255
PCT (ng/ml)	0.446	<.001
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.177	<.001
AST (U/L)	0.262	<.001
ALT (U/L)	0.172	<.001
TP (g/L)	0.072	.028
ALB (g/L)	0.036	.272
CREA (μM)	0.336	<.001
UA (μM)	0.486	<.001
nSOFA	0.331	<.001

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; PCT: procalcitonin; hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; TBIL: total bilirubin; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin; BUNA: blood urea nitrogen; CREA: creatinine; UA: uric acid; nSOFA: neonatal sequential organ failure assessment.