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Table 3 Cytokine levels according to interval between symptom onset and admission in 32 hospitalized nvA(H1N1) patients

From: Clinical aspects and cytokine response in severe H1N1 influenza A virus infection

 

Interval

 

Cytokine (pg/ml)

1 to 5 days

6 to 14 days

P value a

IL-6

9.8 (7.1 to 14.65)

18 (13.76 to 84.47)

0.006

IL-8

16.63 (9.4 to 41.12)

39.89 (20.62 to 79.84)

0.034

IL-9

9.9 (9.1 to 13.1)

11.5 (8.55 to 12.85)

1

IL-12

10.67 (7.11 to 17.8)

10.67 (8.89 to 17.8)

0.9

IL-15

3.9 (3.6 to 5)

6 (4.15 to 11.15)

0.013

IL-17

0.56 (0.323 to 0.98)

0.323 (0.323 to 3.68)

0.6

IP-10

66.85 (21.6 to 166)

60 (15.21 to 163.7)

0.7

IFNγ

3.4 (2.965 to 3.4)

3.822 (3.4 to 5.625)

0.027

TNFα

4.15 (0.596 to 6.964)

4.15 (0.59 to 9.5)

0.3

  1. Data presented as median (interquartile range). IP-10, interferon-inductible protein-10; nvA(H1N1), novel A(H1N1) virus. aThe Mann-Whitney test was used to compare the cytokine levels.