highly significantp = 0.0002
The H1: TAA noncarriers showed highly significant higher average procalcitonin levels (5.1 ± 9.7 ng/dL vs. 3.5 ± 9.1 ng/dL; p = 0.0002) as well as significantly lower urine outputs (2792 ± 1242 mL/day vs. 3060 ± 1370 mL/day; p = 0.0229) over the observation period than the H1: TAA-positive patients. 4.