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Table 6 Correlations between sCD40L levels (ng/ml) and lactatemia, APACHE-II, platelet count, TNF-alpha, interleukin-10 and tissue factor

From: Association between serum soluble CD40 ligand levels and mortality in patients with severe sepsis

 

All patients

(n= 186)

Patients with platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3

(n= 138)

Patients with platelet count < 100,000/mm3

(n= 48)

Lactatemia (mmol/L)

Rho = -0.11

P = 0.15

Rho = -0.06

P = 0.50

Rho = -0.08

P = 0.61

APACHE-II (punctuation)

Rho = -0.03

P = 0.66

Rho = -0.07

P = 0.40

Rho = 0.20

P = 0.18

Platelet count (cells/mm3)

Rho = 0.25

P < 0.001

Rho = 0.22

P = 0.01

Rho = 0.09

P = 0.52

TNF-alpha (pg/ml)

Rho = -0.08

P = 0.31

Rho = 0.27

P = 0.76

Rho = -0.16

P = 0.28

Interleukin-10 (pg/ml)

Rho = -0.05

P = 0.49

Rho = 0.03

P = 0.70

Rho = -0.14

P = 0.35

Tissue factor (pg/ml)

Rho = 0.28

P = 0.002

Rho = 0.29

P = 0.006

Rho = 0.17

P = 0.42

  1. *APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.