Table 4.

Biomarkers of inflammation by day and their correlation with new functional impairment

		N	Median (IQR)	Correlation coefficient (ρ)	p-value
C-Reactive Protein
	Day 0	42	19,200.75 (15,478.37 – 20,222.13)	−.094	.563
	Day 1	42	19,228.75 (16,549.75-20,350.88)	.047	.772
	Day 3	37	17,644.00 (8,955.00-19,404.50)	.228	.183
	Day 5	27	14,210.00 (10,800.50-18,587.00)	.173	.398
	Hospital discharge	28	9,968.00 (5,434.38-15,602.00)	.083	.675
Interleukin-6
	Day 0	42	243.75 (109.63-734.88)	.184	.256
	Day 1	42	89.25 (39.75-352.50)	.246	.126
	Day 3	37	55.00 (25.50-222.25)	.318	.059
	Day 5	27	66.00 (24.00-164.00)	.295	.144
	Hospital discharge	28	34.00 (21.75-94.13)	.205	.295