A U shaped association between the HCT-ALB and hospital mortality in patients with sepsis.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC12037865 · PMID 40295614

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Although HCT-ALB independently predicts mortality, it showed a nonsignificant trend toward superior discrimination compared to HCT alone ( P = 0.12), it was significantly inferior to ALB ( P < 0.001).

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