Despite its statistical association with prognosis in sepsis - likewise theabove-mentioned study - the performance of IL-3 found here was not superior to thatof previously studied biomarkers(16-21) andclinical scores.(22,23) The performance ofIL-3 demonstrated through the area under the ROC curve was weak, as well as thatpresented by other biomarkers traditionally studied, revealing the difficulty inobtaining relevant prognostic information on sepsis with the use of isolated markersor clinical data. The gene discussed is IL3; the disease is Sepsis.