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Table 1 Patient’s data and characteristics

From: Assessment of plasma B7-H3 levels in pediatric patients with different degrees of surgical stress

 

Total patients

Moderate stress

Severe stress

P values

Male / female

23/25

9/5

14/20

0.111

Age (months)

12.7 ± 17.7

8.87 ± 19.4

13.9 ± 17.3

0.004

General surgery (cases %)

20 (41.7)

14 (100)

6 (17.6)

0.000

Cardiac surgery (cases %)

28 (58.3)

0 (0)

28 (82.4)

0.000

Total white cell counts before surgery (109/L)

8.79 ± 4.44

8.87 ± 5.70

8.74 ± 3.54

0.513

PMN counts before surgery (%)

61.0 ± 8.82

60.6 ± 7.31

61.6 ± 10.8

0.124

CRP (mg/L)

3.26 ± 4.17

2.78 ± 4.25

3.26 ± 4.21

0.725

Hospital stay (days)

16.5 ± 6.75

13.4 ± 6.28

19.5 ± 7.22

0.031

  1. PMN polymorphonuclear neutrophil, CRP C-reactive protein
  2. All data are expressed as mean ± SD. P values: comparisons between moderate and severe stress groups