Evaluation of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein, and Interleukin-6 as Early Markers for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

Table 6

Differences in sepsis markers according to gender.

	Male group (n = 33)	Female group (n = 17)	Sig.
PCT (ng/ml)
Median	10.3	10.6	0.492^∗
Range	0.1–50.6	0.2–26.4
CRP (mg/dl)
Median	60	44	0.774^∗
Range	4–140	5–110
IL-6 (pg/ml)
Median	36	36.2	0.652^∗
Range	5–120	0.6–120.8

^∗Mann–Whitney test: is not significant.