Analyte Nec vs. Control Nec vs. Sepsis Sepsis vs. Control CRP (pg/ml) 0.023218* 0.031782* 1.00000 MMp7 (ng/ml) 0.007992 0.000666** 0.547619 EpCAM(ng/ml) 0.309603 0.111027 0.841270 *p<0.05; ** p<0.005

Table 2: Comparative analysis of the plasma abundance between disease categories.