Presepsin teardown - pitfalls of biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of bacterial infection in cirrhosis

Table 3 Correlations between presepsin and different laboratory parameters or liver-orientated scores

Variable	Spearman’s rho	P value
CRP	0.63	< 0.001
PCT	0.53	< 0.001
Leucocyte count	0.27	< 0.001
Serum creatinine	0.36	< 0.001
Serum bilirubin	0.28	< 0.001
Serum albumin	-0.40	< 0.001
INR	0.15	0.032
CPs	0.42	< 0.001
MELD score	0.45	< 0.001

CRP: C-reactive protein; CPs: Child-Pugh score; INR: International normalized ratio; MELD score: Model for end-stage liver disease; PCT: Procalcitonin.