Research Article
Endocan Levels in Peripheral Blood Predict Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Table 7
Comparison of plasma biomarkers between pneumonia with ARDS and those without ARDS.
| | | With ARDS () | Without ARDS () | value |
| | Endocan (ng/mL), median (IQR) | 3.22 (2.47–5.14) | 2.45 (2.23–2.79) | 0.000 | | PCT (ng/mL), median (IQR) | 4.25 (1.95–9.27) | 2.49 (0.55–9.95) | 0.186 | | CRP (mg/L), median (IQR) | 135 (88.15–185.08) | 124.27 (95.78–165.57) | 0.961 | | WBC (/L), median (IQR) | 14.78 (11.51–18.22) | 12.59 (10.19–16.52) | 0.108 | | N (/L), median(IQR) | 13.45 (9.65–17.23) | 11.07 (8.43–14.52) | 0.056 |
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values for these biomarkers by the Mann-Whitney test. value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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