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Table 2 Adjusted Risk of Death for each group based upon pattern of each component of the CBC and its interaction with time to death (survival to 480 hours)

From: Failure to normalize lymphopenia following trauma is associated with increased mortality, independent of the leukocytosis pattern

Factor

 

Increase relative risk of death

95% Confidence

Interval

p value

Leukocytosis

Return to normal

0.420

0.216 - 0.816

0.004

 

Remains elevated

2.501

1.477 - 4.235

< 0.001

Neutrophilia

Return to normal

0.668

0.390 - 1.144

0.7

 

Remains elevated

1.183

0.784 - 1.784

0.3

Lymphopenia

Return to normal

0.497

0.270 - 0.916

< 0.001

 

Remains low

1.639

1.017 - 2.643

0.01

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