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

values for these biomarkers by the Mann-Whitney test. value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.