Table 2.

Correlation between lncRNA CASC15 and clinical characteristics

Characteristics	Correlation with lncRNA CASC15 (r)	P-value
WBC (×109/L)	0.383	<0.001
CRP (mg/L)	0.451	<0.001
PCT (ng/mL)	0.465	<0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.439	<0.001
IL-8 (pg/mL)	0.367	0.001
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.295	0.008

WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin; IL-6, interleuk-6; IL-8, interleuk-8; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor -alpha.