Serum C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin Kinetics in Patients Undergoing Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty

Table 3

PCT descriptive statistic (all values are expressed in ng/mL).

Days	0	1	3	7	14	30
Minimum	0.02	0.01	0.02	0	0.03	0.04
25% percentile	0.02	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.045
Median	0.04	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.04	0.05
75% percentile	0.05	0.14	0.12	0.08	0.05	0.06
Maximum	0.15	0.78	0.49	0.22	0.07	0.08
Significativity of median variation in comparison to basal level		𝑃<0.001	𝑃<0.001	𝑃<0.001	𝑃>0.05	𝑃>0.05
Mean	0.04275	0.1159	0.1002	0.07196	0.045	0.05333
Std. deviation	0.02515	0.1167	0.07212	0.03995	0.01195	0.01303
Std. error	0.003521	0.01634	0.009907	0.005594	0.004226	0.003761
Significativity of mean variation in comparison to basal level		𝑃<0.001	𝑃<0.001	𝑃<0.001	𝑃>0.05	𝑃>0.05
Lower 95% CI of mean	0.03567	0.08307	0.08031	0.06072	0.03501	0.04506
Upper 95% CI of mean	0.04982	0.1487	0.1201	0.0832	0.05499	0.06161