Table 3 Cross-sectional correlation analyses between PCT and other variables.

From: Association between acute kidney injury and serum procalcitonin levels and their diagnostic usefulness in critically ill patients

 

PCT

hsCRP

Age

Sex

AKI

Sepsis

Mortality

PCT

ρ

1

0.428

0.107

0.028

0.116

0.130

0.054

P

—

<0.001

0.003

0.437

0.001

<0.001

0.131

hsCRP

ρ

 

1

0.241

0.033

0.072

0.278

0.065

P

 

—

<0.001

0.359

0.042

<0.001

0.069

Age

ρ

  

1

0.131

0.087

0.164

0.001

P

  

—

<0.001

0.014

<0.001

0.967

Sex

ρ

   

1

0.011

0.039

−0.059

P

   

—

0.765

0.273

0.097

AKI

ρ

    

1

0.088

0.012

P

    

—

0.014

0.730

Sepsis

ρ

     

1

0.024

P

     

—

0.505

Mortality

ρ

      

1

P

      

—

  1. Abbreviations: PCT, procalcitonin; hsCRP, highly sensitive C-reactive protein; AKI, acute kidney injury.
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