Table 5.
Comparative analysis of serum cytokine levels among COVID-19, bacterial pneumonia, and healthy control groups
| Cytokines | (A) COVID-19 (n=70) |
(B) Bacterial pneumonia (n=50) |
(C) Control (n=50) |
P value * | Multiple P values ** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-8 pg/ml |
143.23 | 204.80 | 19.50 | 0.000 | AXB 0.592 AXC 0.000 BXC 0.000 |
| IL-10 pg/ml |
21.57 | 16.57 | 11.22 | 0.000 | AXB 0.755 AXC 0.000 BXC 0.011 |
| IL-12 pg/ml |
663.80 | 491.52 | 51.88 | 0.000 | AXB 0.379 AXC 0.000 BXC 0.000 |
| TNF-α pg/ml |
230.81 | 246.22 | 75.09 | 0.000 | AXB 0.316 AXC 0.000 BXC 0.000 |
| IFN-γ pg/ml |
59.58 | 27.40 | 14.45 | 0.000 | AXB 0.001 AXC 0.000 BXC 0.006 |
*
Kruskal–Wallis test was used to calculate the P value; ** Mann–Whitney U test was used to calculate the P value; A P value less than 0.05 is considered significant; A, B, and C are vectors of the scalar triple product; n: number