Table 4

Correlations with serum resistin levels

All patients

Sepsis

Non-sepsis

Parameters

r

P

r

P

r

P

Markers of inflammation

IL-6

0.477

< 0.001

0.289

0.004

0.671

< 0.001

IL-10

0.273

0.002

0.231

0.027

ns

TNF-α

0.509

< 0.001

0.419

< 0.001

0.687

< 0.001

CRP

0.510

< 0.001

0.395

< 0.001

0.389

0.012

Procalcitonin

0.638

< 0.001

0.594

< 0.001

0.458

0.003

Markers of organ function

Creatinine

0.462

< 0.001

0.420

< 0.001

0.602

< 0.001

Cystatin C

0.442

< 0.001

0.404

< 0.001

ns

Lactate

ns

0.286

0.006

ns

PCHE

-0.269

0.002

-0.280

0.006

ns

Bilirubin

0.221

0.013

0.224

0.035

ns

Markers of metabolism

Protein

-0.199

0.02

ns

ns

fT3

-0.319

< 0.001

-0.252

0.016

ns

fT4

-0.276

0.001

-0.229

0.028

ns

Cholesterol

-0.245

0.004

-0.296

0.003

ns

HDL

-0.277

0.002

-0.254

0.019

ns

LDL

-0.359

< 0.001

-0.378

< 0.001

ns

Lp(a)

ns

-0.223

0.040

ns

Glucose

-0.320

< 0.001

ns

ns

Insulin

-0.209

0.02

ns

ns

HOMA IR

0.314

< 0.001

ns

ns

PO₄

0.321

< 0.001

0.308

0.003

0.417

0.008

Cortisol

0.312

0.001

0.275

0.010

ns

Parathormone

0.212

0.019

0.228

0.033

ns

Clinical scoring

APACHE II

ns

ns

0.481

0.005

r = correlation coefficient; r and P values by Spearman rank correlation.

APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation;CRP = C-reactive protein; fT3 = free triiodo-thyronine; fT4 = free thyroxine; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; HOMA IR = homeostasis model assessment index of insulin resistance; IL = interleukin; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; Lp(a) = lipoprotein (a); ns = not significant; PCHE = pseudocholinesterase; PO₄ = phosphate; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor α.

Koch et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R95   doi:10.1186/cc7925