Economic and Diagnostic Biomarker Tests of Neonatal Sepsis: A Prospective Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in a Low-Income Country

Table 3

Laboratory findings among probable-sepsis-neonates.

Biomarker test	Confirmed sepsis	Probable sepsis	P value
WBC (10^3μL) median (IQR)	13.9 (10.2-16.1)	11.7 (8.3-15.05)	0.53
HB (g/dl) mean ± SD	15.3 ± 2.4	15.2 ± 2.4	0.8
Hematocrit (%) mean ± SD	48.7 ± 13.6	45.6 ± 7.1	0.06
Platelet count(10^3μL) median (IQR)	144.5 (99-192)	249 (199-312)	0.001
MPV (fl) mean ± SD	11.7 ± 1.7	9.6 ± 1.7	<0.001
PDW (fl) mean ± SD	15.2 ± 3.5	10.5 ± 3.09	<0.001
PCT (%) mean ± SD	0.20 ± 1.15	0.25 ± 0.12	0.06
RBC (10^6μL) mean ± SD	4.9 ± 0.8	4.7 ± 0.7	0.4
MCV (fl) mean ± SD	93.8 ± 6.08	95.4 ± 5.8	0.1
MCH (pg) mean ± SD	33.07 ± 1.3	33.4 ± 1.3	0.04
MCHC (%) mean ± SD	33.07 ± 1.1.36	33.4 ± 1.3	0.14
RDW-CV (%) median (IQR)	18 (16.9-20)	15.6 (11.5-17)	<0.001
ESR (mm/1st hour) median (IQR)	6.5 (3-14)	4 (2-12)	0.078
CRP(mg/L) median (IQR)	6 (3-18.3)	2.7 (2.1-7.7)	0.045