Table 2 Biomarkers levels at sepsis diagnosis.

From: Clinical and biological markers for predicting ARDS and outcome in septic patients

Biomarker

Total sepsis

(N = 232)

Sepsis without IMV

(N = 81)

Sepsis with IMV

(N = 151)

Extrapulmonary sepsis

(N = 141)

Pulmonary sepsis

(N = 86)

RAGE (pg/mL)

1019.66 (563.37–2066.59)

750.19 (440.10–1181.38)

1371.12*** (645.05–2581.35)

828 (455.34–1408.46)

1825..38### (848.91–3089.29)

PAI-1 (pg/mL)

73.12 (43.08–140.18)

58.80 (36.00–108.94)

82.93* (46.50–202.72)

84.87 (47.47–165.21)

55.35# (38.06–112.48)

SP-D (ng/mL)

5.80 (2.54–11.39)

4.17 (1.79–8.81)

6.73** (2.89–13.47)

4.46 (1.81–8.85)

8.03### (4.39–16.87)

IL-18 (pg/mL)

543.17 (300.71–1056.15)

521.28 (297.19–920.67)

559.11 (303.20–1153.49)

505.52 (297.19–985.91)

567.51 (302.01–1000.91)

Ang-2 (pg/mL)

4467.88 (2169.10–8352.27)

5302.58 (3070.03–10,110.21)

3851.28* (1906.46–8105.40)

5524.24 (2885.51–10,360.47)

2914.04### (1325.90–5616.83)

ICAM-1 (ng/mL)

356.71 (261.70–518.09)

324.27 (255.99–516.93)

383.21 (261.18–525.07)

372.55 (271.29–573.70)

325.62# (233.10–489.05)

CXCL16 (pg/mL)

4255.27 (2771.32–6361.93)

2985.59 (2269.12–4241.76)

5020.01*** (3400.91–7133.91)

4229.28 (2,857,035–6040.27)

4286.74 (2620.53–6474.89)

AREG (pg/mL)

38.05 (20.20–82.94)

29.87 (7.80–64.97)

45.81** (26.55–101.06)

38.98 (23.02–79.81)

37.21 (16.11–98.12)

IL-1RA (pg/mL)

603.74 (19.55–3248.49)

232.32 (19.55–232.32)

820.32 (19.55–10,325.96)

816.98 (19.55–4950.81)

239.92 (19.55–1932.36)

  1. Concentrations are given as median (Q1–Q3).
  2. N is the number of samples in each group.
  3. IMV invasive mechanical ventilation.
  4. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001 for the comparison of sepsis with and without IMV.
  5. #P < 0.05 and ###P < 0.001 for the comparison of extrapulmonary and pulmonary sepsis.