Changes in blood test results specific to sepsis include the following: elevated or decreased levels of white blood cells; elevated blood sugar levels in the absence of diabetes (plasma glucose level >140 mg/dL or 7.7 mmol/L); C-reactive protein (CRP) levels that are higher than normal; arterial hypoxia; acute oliguria; increased creatinine (>0.5 mg/dL); thrombocytopenia; hyperbilirubinemia (total plasma bilirubin > 4 mg/dL); lactic acidosis; and acute oliguria [17]. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Hyperbilirubinemia.