TABLE 4.

Laboratory characteristics on admission and after 24 h.

Parameters	KRT (n = 139)	No KRT (n = 161)	p-Value
Laboratory characteristics – admission
Hemoglobin – admission (g/dl)	10.9 (9.5–12.7)	11.7 (10.0–13.0)	0.095
Leukocytes – admission (G/L)	11.5 (7.7–17.1)	8.6 (5.7–13)	<0.001
Thrombocytes – admission (G/L)	242 (160–330)	229 (156–320)	0.336
Creatinine – admission (mg/dl)	1.47 (0.88–2.85)	0.82 (0.66–1.13)	<0.001
Ferritin – admission (μg/L)	1,280 (781–2,392)	834 (372–1,557)	<0.001
MR-pro-Adm – admission (nmol/L)	2.46 (1.46–4.94)	1.19 (0.78–2.12)	<0.001
D-dimer – admission (mg/L)	3.71 (1.7–10.1)	1.91 (0.95–4.43)	<0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase – admission (U/L)	537 (420–659)	417 (344–588)	<0.001
Interleukine-6 – admission (ng/L)	169 (48–525)	52 (16–147)	<0.001
Procalcitonin – admission (μg/L)	0.75 (0.24–3.08)	0.23 (0.08–0.67)	<0.001
C-reactive protein – admission (mg/L)	203 (120–282)	112 (52–210)	<0.001
Bilirubin – admission (mmol/L)	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.7 (0.4–1.1)	<0.001
Laboratory characteristics – day 1
Hemoglobin – 24 h (g/dl)	10.2 (9.0–11.8)	11.3 (9.8–12.6)	0.003
Leukocytes – 24 h (G/L)	12.1 (8.0–17.0)	8.5 (5.8–12.4)	<0.001
Thrombocytes – 24 h (G/L)	236 (179–336)	232 (166–314)	0.804
Creatinine – 24 h (mg/dl)	1.52 (0.92–2.47)	0.79 (0.61–1.10)	<0.001
Ferritin – 24 h (μg/L)	1,244 (765–2,491)	792 (264–1,496)	<0.001
MR-pro-ADM – 24 h (nmol/L)	3.21 (1.95–5.89)	1.38 (0.91–2.23)	<0.001
D-dimer – 24 h (mg/L)	4.1 (1.5–9.7)	2.2 (0.9–5.6)	<0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase – 24 h (U/L)	518 (415–624)	401 (302–551)	<0.001
Interleukine-6 – 24 h (ng/L)	155 (46–448)	43 (15–130)	<0.001
Procalcitonin – 24 h (μg/L)	1.32 (0.32–4.72)	0.20 (0.09–0.71)	<0.001
C-reactive protein – 24 h (mg/L)	201 (123–281)	105 (48–196)	<0.001
Bilirubin – 24 h (mmol/L)	1 (0.6–1.7)	0.7 (0.5–1.1)	0.080

n, number.