Study (reference) | Mean age | Sepsis criteria | Healthy (μg/ml)a | Number of patients (healthy) | Sepsis (μg/ml)a | Number of patients (sepsis) |
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Neonates | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Figueras-Aloy and colleagues [49] | 0 to 14 days | SNAP-II | 215 (156 to 274) | 12 | 426 (394 to 458) | 15 |
Apostolou and colleagues [58] | At term | Clinical | 358.4 ± 28.9 | 10 | 710.7 ± 56.6 | 10 |
Dollner and colleagues [52] | 0 to 7 days | Clinical | 244 (95.2 to 500) | 24 | 413 (255.6 to 500) | 18 |
Austgulen and colleagues [45] | Pre/at term | Clinical | 258.8 (94 to 500) | 168 | 394.2 (197.5 to 500) | 24 |
Berner and colleagues [51] | 0 to 3 days | Clinical | 421 (291 to 459) | 35 | 446 (171 to 534) | 136 |
Edgar and colleagues [57] | 0 to 7 days | Clinical | 165 (130 to 290) | 27 | 341 (236 to 554) | 192 |
Edgar and colleagues [56] | 0 to 7 days | Clinical | 205 | 46 | 406 | 46 |
Children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Andrys and colleagues [60] | 6 to 10 | Â | 346.8 (206.8 to 486.8) | 68 | Â | Â |
 | 11 to 15 |  | 269 (184.1 to 354) | 90 |  |  |
Paize and colleagues [61] | 2 to 16 | PRISM | 260 (240 to 300) | 40 | 705 (400 to 850) | 20 |
Whalen and colleagues [63] | 1 day to 17 years | Criteria of Doughty and colleaguesb | 205 ± 29 | 14 | 595 | 77 |
Nash and colleagues [64] | 9 | Â | 310 (280 to 410) | 81 | Â | Â |
 | 15 |  | 300 (270 to 390) |  |  |  |
Briassoulis and colleagues [19] | 6.5 (2.8) | PRISM | 199 ± 98 | 10 | 172 ± 93 | 10 |
Adults | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Weigand and colleagues [66] | 58.7 (4.4) | ACCP/SCCM | 190 | 7 | 1,100 | 14 |
Soderquist and colleagues [70] | 71 (10 to 91) | Unknown | 202 (62 to 392) | 15 | 451 (216 to 1,030) | 41 |
Scherpereel and colleagues [77] | 58.9 (14.9) | SAPS II | Â | Â | 2,130 | 63 |
Hofer and colleagues [78] | 65.9 (12.4) | APACHE II | 219.6 (195.2 to 285.1) | 108 | 444.7 (330 to 665.5) | 18 |
De Pablo and colleagues [73] | 61.2 (3.2) | APACHE II | 480 | 36 | 1100 | 52 |
Kayal and colleagues [74] | 57.2 (3.9) | ACCP/SCCM | 208 ± 20.5 | 9 | 868 ± 131 | 25 |
Shapiro and colleagues [6] | 57 (19) | APACHE III | 185 | 207 | 240 | 13 |
Andrys and colleagues [60] | 46 | Â | 140 (60.2 to 218.4) | 68 | Â | Â |
Leone and colleagues [76] | 45 to 47 (16 to 21) | SIRS | 151 | 26 | 824 | 11 |