CXCL8 and Sepsis: Regarding all the continuous variables of clinical characteristics in sepsis patients, lncRNA MALAT1 expression in plasma was positively correlated with Scr (P = 0.005), WBC (P = 0.017), CRP (P < 0.001), PCT (P < 0.001), TNF‐α (P < 0.001), IL‐8 (P < 0.001), and IL‐17 (P = 0.001) levels as well as the APACHE II score (P < 0.001) and SOFA score (P < 0.001; Table 2).