Table 3 Change in biomarker levels in relation to arrival values.

From: Hepcidin discriminates sepsis from other critical illness at admission to intensive care

Biomarker

Admission day

24 h

48 h

72 h

Hepcidin nmol/L (p)

41.0

27.0 (< 0.001)

17.0 (< 0.001)

15.0 (< 0.001)

HBP, ng/mL (p)

44.0

50.8 (0.221)

48.1 (0.671)

35.3 (0.025)

PCT, µg/L (p)

33.0

30.0 (0.036)

19.0 (< 0.001)

9.9 (< 0.001)

CRP, mg/L (p)

180.0

252.0 (< 0.001)

199.0 (0.193)

110.0 (< 0.001)

Lactate, mmol/L (p)

2.8

1.9 (< 0.001)

1.6 (< 0.001)

1.3 (< 0.001)

WBC, × 109/L (p)

11.8

16.0 (0.002)

15.2 (0.027)

13.3 (0.670)

  1. Median values of biomarkers during the first 72 h in the sepsis group. P values from Wilcoxon’s signed rank test, presenting if there is any significant change in biomarker levels between current value and arrival value. A p value < 0.05 is considered significant.
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