Use of Procalcitonin in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: Procalcitonin Is Not Related with Increased Serum Calcitonin

Table 1

The comparing demographics of the two groups.

	Infection group (𝑁=15)	Noninfection group (𝑁=61)	𝑃 value
Age	65.1±14.9	65.7±12.6	N.S
Gender	(M: 10, F: 5)	(M: 32, F: 29)	N.S
Localized infection
Pneumonia	13	0	—
Arteriovenous graft infection	1	0	—
Systemic infection
No identifiable source	1	0	—

M: male; F: female. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD.