The Role of C-Reactive Protein in the Early Prediction of Serious Pancreatic Fistula Development after Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Table 4

Correlation analysis of CRP values with clinically relevant POPF and mortality.

Variable	Correlation coefficient rho (ρ)/p	POPF	Mortality
POD1 CRP	Rho (ρ)	−0.090	0.054
		0.333	0.561
POD3 CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.163	0.220
		0.080	0.017
POD5 CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.340	0.293
		0.0001	0.001
Δ (POD3-POD1) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.189	0.170
		0.041	0.067
Δ (POD5-POD1) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.342	0.217
		0.0001	0.019
Δ (POD5-POD3) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.186	0.115
		0.044	0.217

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).