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Table 4 Plasma cytokine concentrations: survivors versus nonsurvivors

From: Cytokine profiles as markers of disease severity in sepsis: a multiplex analysis

Cytokines

Survivors (n = 31)

Nonsurvivors (28-day mortality; n = 29)

P valuea

IL-1β

0.39 (0.00–3.04)

1.30 (0.22–7.21)

0.050

IL-2

2.80 (0.00–8.10)

3.01 (0.00–7.21)

0.982

IL-4

0.00 (0.00–0.03)

0.84 (0.00–26.28)

0.042

IL-5

1.76 (0.08–6.19)

0.47 (0.00–2.28)

0.067

IL-6

1,957.77 (971.92–6,295.47)

6,254.96 (2,446.01–15,972.40)

0.014

IL-7

1.30 (0.00–14.14)

7.61 (0.60–10.96)

0.297

IL-8

94.69 (20.94–138.35)

281.39 (83.99–773.51)

0.001

IL-10

9.70 (2.00–40.89)

26.92 (5.29–96.58)

0.137

IL-12

1.09 (0.00–40.89)

1.04 (0.00–6.79)

0.958

IL-13

4.69 (0.00–17.90)

3.13 (0.00–12.94)

0.804

IL-17

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.20)

0.085

IFN-γ

12.34 (0.00–91.69)

28.71 (0.00–122.94)

0.492

G-CSF

116.00 (12.00–367.00)

423.61 (0.00–2,488.50)

0.336

GM-CSF

0.00 (0.00–21.68)

0.00 (0.00–140.97)

0.221

MIP-1

253.25 (127.49–365.95)

228.41 (140.80–617.30)

0.706

MCP-1

268.36 (0.00–759.30)

757.78 (324.61–1,966.88)

0.004

TNF-α

8.00 (0.00–25.72)

9.04 (2.31–43.28)

0.224

  1. Values are in pg/ml, and as expressed as mean (range). aMann-Whitney rank sum test. G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon; MCP, monocyte chemoattractant protein; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.