Table 4 Statistical analysis of PCT kinetics from preoperative day (D0) till the fifth postoperative day (D5) for NN, NS and SS groups
Sepsis | Statistic | D0 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NN | n | 212 | 208 | 198 | 186 | 163 | 149 | |
Median [IQR] | 0.190 [0.110–0.560] | 0.200 [0.101–0.615] | 0.280 [0.120–0.758] | 0.223 [0.118–0.553] | 0.195 [0.110–0.430] | 0.180 [0.100–0.360] | 0.000 | |
NS | n | 104 | 103 | 102 | 100 | 87 | 80 | |
Median [IQR] | 0.405 [0.219–0.935] | 0.510 [0.240–1.360] | 0.640 [0.313–1.590] | 0.625 [0.283–1.438] | 0.540 [0.260–1.970] | 0.515 [0.273–2.045] | 0.000 | |
SS | n | 74 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 65 | 62 | |
Median [IQR] | 0.653 [0.233–2.193] | 0.790 [0.288–2.518] | 1.115 [0.413–2.990] | 0.880 [0.380–3.115] | 0.710 [0.300–1.950] | 0.580 [0.248–1.520] | 0.000 | |
p-value** | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
Multiple comparison (p-value***) | ||||||||
(NN,NS) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
(NN,SS) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
(NS,SS) | 0.339 | 0.225 | 0.135 | 0.294 | 1 | 1 | ||