Table 4 Comparison of changes in Presepsin, CRP, WBC, and Neut levels, between the infectious complication and non-complication groups.

From: The usefulness of presepsin in the diagnosis of postoperative infectious complications after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a prospective cohort study

 

Non-complication

(n = 90)

Complication

(n = 18)

p value

Non-complication

(n = 90)

Complication

(n = 18)

p value

 

Presepsin level (pg/mL)

CRP level (mg/dL)

Preoperatively

157 (33–707)

161 (50–430)

0.45

0.08 (0.01–3.16)

0.06 (0.01–4.9)

0.77

POD 1

180 (64–1134)

263 (150–1446)

0.002

5.9 (0.3–16.4)

7.8 (1.4–19.2)

0.03

POD 3

169 (56–621)

360 (211–1097)

 < 0.0001

9.1 (0.5–38.1)

19.8 (7.6–34.6)

 < 0.0001

POD 5

159 (35–792)

450 (128–1251)

 < 0.0001

3.9 (0.3–19.6)

10.2 (4.1–31.4)

 < 0.0001

POD 7

165 (48–997)

380 (76–650)

0.025

2.7 (0.2–15.3)

5.1 (2.8–16.7)

0.03

 

WBC count (/μL)

Neut count (/μL)

Preoperatively

5145 (3548–11 380)

5645 (3810–7940)

0.24

3219 (424–8842)

3366 (1795–5558)

0.45

POD 1

8690 (1170–23 160)

9930 (4930–16 380)

0.06

7068 (1413–20 612)

8246 (3845–14 087)

0.09

POD 3

7580 (3350–16 830)

9905 (5090–19 400)

0.003

5895 (2269–14 406)

7471 (4026–16 878)

0.0002

POD 5

6105 (2750–10 880)

7170 (4420–10 620)

0.01

4277 (1677–7710)

5078 (2537–9123)

0.012

POD 7

6105 (2750–10 880)

7170 (4420–10 620)

0.01

4251 (1692–34,897)

6307 (3848–9856)

0.01

  1. POD, postoperative day; CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cell; Neut, neutrophil.