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Table 2 Demographics; procalcitionin, C-reactive protein, and white blood cell level on admission; number of spaces involved; and severity score of the sepsis and non-sepsis groups

From: Clinical utility of procalcitonin in severe odontogenic maxillofacial infection

 

Sepsis

Non-sepsis

P value

Sex

 Male

12

24

 

 Female

6

18

 

Age (years)

58.06 ± 14.30 (34–82)

55.69 ± 19.69 (20–88)

 

PCT level (ng/mL)

7.24 ± 9.20 (0.09–37.15)

0.40 ± 1.03 (0.02–4.94)

0.00

CRP level (mg/dL)

22.16 ± 9.02 (10.01–40.66)

10.83 ± 7.37 (1.15–28.12)

0.47

WBC level (× 103/uL)

15.56 ± 6.61 (0.71–29.64)

13.92 ± 9.42 (7.01–18.84)

0.72

Number of involved spaces

2.50 ± 1.20 (1–5)

2.29 ± 1.33 (1–7)

0.93

Severity score

5.22 ± 2.69 (2–11)

4.33 ± 2.82 (1–14)

0.75