Table 2

Correlation of pro-apoptotic gene expression with clinical parameters.

Bim

Bid

Bak


rs

p

rs

p

rs

p


SAPS II

0.49

<0.05

ns

0.40

<0.05


SOFA

0.533

<0.01

0.40

<0.05

0.44

<0.05


Interleukin-6

0.57

<0.01

0.43

<0.05

ns


Procalcitonin

0.56

<0.01

0.44

<0.05

0.41

<0.05


ns = not significant; p = two-tailed p value; rs = Spearman correlation coefficient; SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SOFA = Sepsis related Organ Failure Assessment.

Weber et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R128   doi:10.1186/cc7088

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