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

Table 5

Correlation analysis of CRP values with transient fistula () and clinically relevant POPF ().

Variable	Correlation coefficient rho (ρ)/	Transient versus clinically relevant POPF
POD1 CRP	Rho (ρ)	−0.313
		0.086
POD3 CRP	Rho (ρ)	−0.050
		0.788
POD5 CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.409
		0.022
Δ (POD3-POD1) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.116
		0.535
Δ (POD5-POD1) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.444
		0.012
Δ (POD5-POD3) CRP	Rho (ρ)	0.471
		0.007

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