In a study by Buyuktiryaki et al., CRP, IL-6, and endocan levels were measured in a total of 102 preterm infants. Overall, while all three biomarkers showed “good performance” in discriminating sepsis and healthy controls, the area under the curve (AUC) values in the proven sepsis groups showed more of a significant value for endocan. Here, CRP is linked to Sepsis.