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Table 2 Serum lipopolysacharide-binding protein, procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein at study entry (baseline measurement)

From: Significance of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (an acute phase protein) in monitoring critically ill patients

 

n

LBP (μg/ml)

PCT (ng/ml)

CRP (mg/l)

SIRS

40

30.6 (9.2–79.5)

0.6 (0.05–2.5)

56.5 (15.2–136.8)

Sepsis

19

37.1 (11.8–76.2)

6.1 (1.4–89.8)

157.1 (41.6–245)

Septic shock

9

59.7 (31.1–105)

25.6 (4.6–85.6)

211.0 (83.3–280)

  1. Data are expressed as median (range). CRP, C-reactive protein; LBP, lipopolysacharide-binding protein; PCT, procalcitonin; SIRS = systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
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