Correlation between thrombopoietin and inflammatory factors, platelet indices, and thrombosis in patients with sepsis: A retrospective study

Table 3 Correlation analyses between indicators and thrombopoietin

Factor	Spearman correlation coefficient	P value
Age, yr	0.138	0.052
TPO	1
IL-21	0.362	< 0.001
IL-6	0.385	< 0.001
hsCRP	0.531	< 0.001
PLT	-0.177	0.012
PDW	-0.043	0.556
MPV	0.034	0.641
P-LCR	0.017	0.819
TBIL	0.118	0.098
Cre	0.219	0.002
DD	0.453	< 0.001
PT	0.311	< 0.001
APTT	0.203	0.004
TT	-0.307	< 0.001
INR	0.310	< 0.001
FIB	0.438	< 0.001
WBC	0.176	0.013
N#	0.235	0.001
RBC	-0.246	< 0.001
Hb	-0.209	0.003

TPO: Thrombopoietin; IL-21: Interleukin-21; IL-6: Interleukin-6; hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; PLT: Platelet count; PDW: Platelet distribution width; MPV: Mean platelet volume; P-LCR: Platelet large cell ratio; DD: D-dimer; TBIL: Total bilirubin; Cre: Creatinine; PT: Prothrombin time; APTT: Activated partial thromboplastin time; TT: Thrombin time; INR: International normalized ratio; FIB: Fibrinogen; WBC: White blood cell count; N#: Neutrophils; RBC; Red blood cell count; Hb: Hemoglobin concentration.