Table 5 Time course of plasma C-reactive protein (mg/L) in all patients and in the three diagnostic categories from admission to day 5

49 (0–2,350)

129 (2–359)^a

161 (2–364)^a

125 (150–399)^a,b

100 (16–401)^b

80 (14–401)

35 (2–176)

141 (2–341)^a

174 (2–410)^a

156 (2–360)^a,b

114 (2–438)^b

82 (3–388)

59 (2–150)

150 (2–359)^a

165 (2–317)^a

123 (20–367)^a

84 (20–319)^b

81 (14–243)

39 (2–176)

142 (37–341)^a

177 (53–410)^a

158 (44–360)^a

117(26–225)^b

81 (19–178)

35 (2–158)

126 (4–282)^a,b

164 (9–464)^a

146 (41–399)^a

146 (41–282)^a

114 (41–282)^a

32 (2–224)

147 (5–327)^a,b

201 (46–326)^a

174 (34–328)^a

161 (21–438)^a

117 (34–388)^a

32 (0–230)

38 (3–277)

42 (15–184)

67 (16–103)

44 (16–401)

29 (8–401)

10 (2–61)

27 (2–185)

22 (2–179)

16 (2–233)

22 (2–233)

21 (2–163)