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Table 4 Plasma cytokine concentrations (pg/ml)*

From: Effect of corticosteroids on the clinical course of community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial

 

Admission

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 5

Day 7

P(†)

IL-6

      

P = 0.0001

Placebo

489.7 (83.5 to 2700)

219 (54 to 691)

77.5 (35.9 to 266.7)

48 (17.5 to 136)

37 (15.2 to 104.2)

23.9 (10.2 to 77.4)

 

MPDN

1060 (143.7 to 2594)

40.6 (20.8 to 132)

12.2 (0 to 36.4)

11.3 (0 to 34)

9 (0 to 23)

0.5 (0 to 23)

 

IL-8

      

P = 0.01

Placebo

118 (28.1 to 253)

48.6 (19.9 to 196)

38.8 (16.1 to 92)

20.3 (12 to 103)

22.5 (9.5 to 66.9)

14 (0 to 55.2)

 

MPDN

134 (68.2 to 226)

32.3 (19.5 to 75)

13.7 (7.4 to 35)

14.6 (5.8 to 24)

11.3 (6.2 to 23.8)

11 (0 to 53)

 

IL-10

      

ns

Placebo

9.9 (0 to 62.2)

0 (0 to 11.2)

0 (0 to 4)

0 (0 to 5)

0 (0 to 3.7)

0 (0 to 2.7)

 

MPDN

14.8 (0 to 35.2)

0 (0 to 6)

0 (0 to 5)

0 (0 to 0)

0 (0 to 0)

0 (0 to 0)

 
  1. * Median (pg/ml), interquartile range (first and third quartile).
  2. (†) Kruskall-Wallis one-way non-parametric test (P < 0.05).
  3. IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-8, interleufin-8; IL-10, interleukin-10; MPDN, methyl-prednisolone.