Procalcitonin, MR-Proadrenomedullin, and Cytokines Measurement in Sepsis Diagnosis: Advantages from Test Combination

Table 9

PCT, MR-proADM, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α average values in sepsis and severe sepsis/septic shock (SS) patients: comparison between survivor and nonsurvivor.

	Sepsis			SS
	GM surv. ()	GM nonsurv. ()		GM surv. ()	GM nonsurv. ()
PCT ng/mL	1.7	2.4	n.s.	2.6	2.7	n.s.
MR-proADM nmol/L	2.0	2.9	0.03	4.1	4.9	n.s.
IL-6 pg/mL	70	163	n.s.	284	307	n.s.
IL-10 pg/mL	6.1	28.6	0.04	27.9	39.2	n.s.
TNF-α pg/mL	10	21	n.s.	27.8	17.2	n.s.

GM, Geometric Mean; surv., survivor; nonsurv., nonsurvivor; , number.