Correlation of Redox Status with Procalcitonin and C-reactive Protein in Septic Patients

Table 4

Bivariate (Pearson) correlation analysis between antioxidant enzymes, PCT, CRP, and disease entity. Correlation is considered present if the value was equal or below 0.05 (), and the degree and direction of association were expressed as the coefficient of correlation ( values always range between -1 (strong negative relationship) and +1 (strong positive relationship), and values at or close to zero imply weak or no linear relationship).

Variable		Disease	SOD	GSH	CAT	PCT	CRP
Disease		/	0.014; 0.814	0.077; 0.195	0.057; 0.337	0.266; 0.000	0.126; 0.025
SOD			/	0.007; 0.909	0.001; 0.998	0.027; 0.652	0.001; 0.297
GSH				/	0.048; 0.421	0.052; 0.386	0.053; 0.374
CAT					/	0.023; 0.696	0.007; 0.906
PCT						/	0.247; 0.000
CRP							/