Table 1 Descriptive statistics for biomarkers in patients with hematologic and oncologic tumors, distinguishing sepsis status.

From: Sepsis detection in hematologic and solid tumor malignancies using quantitative inflammatory biomarker differences in a prospective single center study

Biomarker

Group

Condition

N

Mean

Median

SD

Q1

Q3

CRP (ng/mL)

Hematologic

Total

23

9.67

5.90

10.50

2.10

14.15

Sepsis

7

12.28

17.10

7.30

7.90

17.70

No Sepsis

16

8.52

4.80

11.59

0.50

7.67

Solid

Total

25

16.4

14.90

10.8

8.30

21.70

Sepsis

6

19.70

14.75

13.89

14.37

17.90

No Sepsis

19

15.42

17.10

9.79

5.45

22.30

PCT (ng/mL)

Hematologic

Total

23

0.79

0.23

1.28

0.09

0.75

Sepsis

7

1.34

0.65

1.36

0.23

2.41

No Sepsis

16

0.55

0.13

1.21

0.05

0.29

Solid

Total

25

3.91

0.53

11.2

0.30

1.64

Sepsis

6

11.51

1.17

21.86

0.48

8.39

No Sepsis

19

1.50

0.44

3.03

0.22

0.80

IL-6 (pg/mL)

Hematologic

Total

23

119.00

32.70

203.00

4.70

84.75

Sepsis

7

216.95

87.90

279.37

46.30

284.50

No Sepsis

16

75.96

18.00

150.23

4.20

43.75

Solid

Total

25

209.00

90.20

309.00

38.70

217.00

Sepsis

6

289.00

87.15

495.41

42.75

188.25

No Sepsis

19

184.05

90.20

238.12

39.10

211.00

WBC

Hematologic

Total

23

1908.00

440.00

2346.00

60.00

3280.00

Sepsis

7

1150.00

40.00

1836.50

30.00

1775.00

No Sepsis

16

2239.80

965.00

2517.12

222.50

3620.00

Solid

Total

25

14317.00

9580.00

16041.00

6560.00

14560.00

Sepsis

6

9643.33

7715.00

6280.58

6662.50

12877.50

No Sepsis

19

15793.16

9860.00

17959.17

6855.00

14825.00

Neutrophil

Hematologic

Total

23

48.30

63.50

35.70

5.55

72.60

Sepsis

7

24.41

0.00

41.60

0.00

36.20

No Sepsis

16

58.78

67.50

28.14

57.95

75.32

Solid

Total

25

82.30

82.70

7.80

76.40

89.60

Sepsis

6

82.58

82.65

7.20

6.15

10.17

No Sepsis

19

82.17

82.70

8.16

76.70

88.60

Monocyte

Hematologic

Total

23

5.90

6.30

5.25

0.00

10.00

Sepsis

7

2.14

0.00

4.47

2.90

7.65

No Sepsis

16

7.55

7.35

4.78

6.15

10.17

Solid

Total

25

5.69

5.30

2.88

3.90

7.60

Sepsis

6

6.03

5.70

1.47

4.80

7.05

No Sepsis

19

5.58

5.30

3.22

2.90

7.65

Lymphocyte

Hematologic

Total

23

22.80

16.00

29.30

0.55

24.40

Sepsis

7

16.01

0.00

35.10

0.00

8.85

No Sepsis

16

25.70

17.60

27.13

10.17

27.40

Solid

Total

25

10.40

9.60

5.26

5.50

13.70

Sepsis

6

10.25

8.00

6.69

5.07

15.20

No Sepsis

19

10.50

9.60

4.94

6.35

13.60