Use of Procalcitonin in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: Procalcitonin Is Not Related with Increased Serum Calcitonin

Table 2

Correlation between PCT and CT levels in the 2 groups.

	Infection group 　　　　　　　　　　 (𝑁=15)	Noninfection group (𝑁=61)
PCT (ng/mL)	3.8±10.1	0.2±0.14
CT (pg/mL)	78.7±41.2	49.1±23.8
rs	0.38	0.36
p	NS	0.005

PCT: procalcitonin; CT: calcitonin. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD.