Serum Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 and Procalcitonin Can Reflect Sepsis Severity and Predict Prognosis: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Comparison of serum biomarkers and cytokines levels on day 1.

Parameters	Survivors (𝑛=60)	Nonsurvivors (𝑛=42)	P value
PCT (ng/mL)	2.63 (1.14, 10.00)	11.95 (10.97, 52.00)	0.000
sTREM-1 (pg/mL)	161.95 (124.25, 260.68)	320 (287.60, 418.42)	0.000
NT-pro-BNP (pg/mL)	360.4 (178.15, 1204.5)	539 (314.5, 785.4)	0.198
CRP (mg/dL)	6.82 (4.25, 13.70)	7.24 (6.46, 10.30)	0.612
IL-6 (ng/L)	18.49 (10.52, 21)	31.92 (14.90, 83.94)	0.000
IL-10 (ng/L)	105.59 (96.16, 182.46)	105.77 (76.92, 261.06)	0.488

Data are expressed as median (interquartile ranges). PCT: procalcitonin; sTREM-1: soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1; NT-pro-BNP: N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin-6; IL-10: interleukin-10.