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Table 3 Correlations with NT-proCNP serum concentrations at admission.

From: Prognostic value of circulating amino-terminal pro-C-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients

 

All patients

Sepsis

Non-sepsis

Parameters

r

P

r

P

r

P

Markers of inflammation

      

   Leukocytes

0.178

0.006

0.196

0.011

-

n.s.

   CRP

0.296

< 0.001

0.205

0.008

-

n.s.

   Procalcitonin

0.456

< 0.001

0.398

< 0.001

0.316

0.031

   IL-6

0.188

0.047

-

n.s.

-

n.s.

   TNF-α

0.500

< 0.001

0.444

< 0.001

0.578

0.001

Markers of organ function

      

   Creatinine

0.715

< 0.001

0.746

< 0.001

0.605

< 0.001

   Urea

0.648

< 0.001

0.684

< 0.001

0.459

< 0.001

   Cystatin C

0.700

< 0.001

0.757

< 0.001

0.419

0.011

   Cystatin C GFR

-0.707

< 0.001

-0.749

< 0.001

-0.749

0.002

   AP

0.441

0.012

-

n.s.

-

n.s.

   PCHE

-0.279

< 0.001

-0.214

0.009

-0.310

0.015

   Albumin

-0.329

< 0.001

-0.311

0.001

-

n.s.

Clinical scores

      

   APACHE II

0.206

0.006

0.388

0.001

-

n.s.

   SOFA

0.261

0.026

-

n.s.

-

n.s.

   SAPS2

0.230

0.015

0.361

0.001

-

n.s.

  1. r, correlation coefficient; P, P-value; r and P-values by Spearman rank correlation. AP, alkaline phosphatase; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CRP, C-reactive protein; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; IL-6, interleukin 6; NT-proCNP, amino-terminal pro-C-type natriuretic peptide; PCHE, pseudocholinesterase; SAPS2, simplified acute physiology score; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α.