Plasma concentrations of Gas6 (growth arrest specific protein 6) and its soluble tyrosine kinase receptor sAxl in sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndromes

Table 2 Correlations between Gas6 or sAxl and other analytes in the combined severe sepsis and sepsis group

Correlations for severe sepsis and sepsis
Gas6 correlations	r	P -value
Interleukin-6	0.36	< 0.0001
Bilirubin	0.31	0.0035
INR	0.31	0.0037
Procalcitonin	0.30	< 0.0001
Number of failing organs	0.28	0.0003
Thrombocytes	-0.26	0.0025
Lactate	0.21	0.0062
Blood pressure	-0.17	0.0307
Breathing frequency	0.15	0.0477
sAxl correlations	r	P -value
Bilirubin	0.27	0.0149
Gas6	0.26	0.0007
Number of failing organs	0.21	0.0073
C-reactive protein	-0.20	0.0119
Lactate	0.18	0.0255
Procalcitonin	0.16	0.0356

The strength of the correlations were evaluated with the Spearman's rank correlation test. INR, international normalized ratio.

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