Fig. 3

Circulating levels of C6M, ELP-3, X-FIB, and PRO-C3 at ICU admission are associated with mortality of patients with septic shock. Plasma concentrations of C1M (a), C3M (b), C4Ma3 (c), C6M (d), ELP-3 (e), X-FIB (f), and PRO-C3 (g), PRO-C4 (h) and PRO-C6 (i) were measured in plasma samples collected at ICU admission from patients with septic shock (n = 43). The patients were divided into two groups, ICU survivors (n = 36) and ICU non-survivors (n = 7). Each symbol represents single patient. Data are presented as median and interquartile range. *p < 0.05; p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 calculated using Mann–Whitney U tests