Comparison between Procalcitonin, Brain Natriuretic Peptide, and Uric Acid in Children with Cardiomyopathy and Controls

Table 4

Ross classification impact on age and biomarkers in patients.

Parameters	DCM	Mean	SD		Mean rank	Chi-Square
Procalcitonin (g/L)	1	8.960	4.3254	10	15.2000	5.8195	0.1207
	2	8.022	3.9105	9	16.3333
	3	8.925	2.4073	10	19.0500
	4	11.750	4.3759	8	26.6875
Uric acid (mg/dL)	1	6.930	1.9816	10	18.6000	0.1515	0.9850
	2	6.944	1.8602	9	20.1667
	3	6.840	1.5932	10	18.9000
	4	6.637	2.1427	8	18.3125
Brain Natriuretic Peptide (pg/mL)	1	97.130	155.2863	10	12.7500	15.8453	0.0012
	2	76.656	76.4345	9	14.2778
	3	133.050	102.7770	10	19.4500
	4	614.925	452.6220	8	31.5625
Age (year)	1	8.700	4.5473	10	11.0000	8.9456	0.0300
	2	12.556	4.5031	9	19.7222
	3	14.400	4.1952	10	25.1000
	4	13.125	3.4821	8	20.5625