CRP Level 30-day Mortality Rate by WBC Quartiles  
        P Value
CRP ≤15 mg/l 5.71
(2/35)
25.81
(8/31)
30.77
(12/39)
68.00
(17/25)
<0.0001
CRP >15 mg/dl 23.08
(3/13)
-
(0/9)
58.33
(7/12)
63.64
(7/11)
0.0076
|CRP indicates C-reactive protein. White blood cell (WBC) count values are x109/l. The quartiles of WBC are divided as follows: quartile 1: 3.4 to 6.5 x109/l; quartile 2: 6.6 to 7.9 x109/l, quartile 3: 8.0-9.9 x109/l, quartile 4: >9.9. The upper limit of the WBC measurement was 21.0 x109/l
Table 5: WBC Count, CRP, and 30-day Mortality.