C-Reactive Protein-to-Albumin Ratio as an Early Biomarker to Identify Sepsis in Neonates with Pneumonia

Table 3

Correlations between CAR and clinical parameters.

Variables	Overall population
	Age (day)	-0.005	0.887
Weight (kg)	-0.080	0.021
Temperature (°C)	0.126	<0.001
Respiratory (rate/minute)	0.164	<0.001
Heart rate (bpm)	0.124	<0.001
PCT (ng/l)	0.452	<0.001
AST (U/l)	-0.063	0.066
ALT (U/l)	0.061	0.074
TP (g/L)	-0.522	<0.001
nSOFA	0.267	<0.001
Length of hospital stay (days)	0.311	<0.001

Abbreviations: PCT: procalcitonin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TP: total protein; CAR: C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio; nSOFA: neonatal sequential organ failure assessment.