Research Article
Procalcitonin (PCT) Predicts Worse Outcome in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Table 3
Procalcitonin in patients with or without pulmonary congestion and peripheral oedema.
| Group | Minimum | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Maximum | Mann–Whitney U test |
| Procalcitonin [pg/ml] | Oedema | 22.83 | 146.4 | 217.07 | 355.91 | 787.36 | | No oedema | 14.71 | 99.5 | 152.12 | 246.76 | 927.00 | Congestion | 22.83 | 122.4 | 207.47 | 356.88 | 927.00 | | No congestion | 15.71 | 108.18 | 153.56 | 234.32 | 787.36 |
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