Table 3.

Correlation analysis of immune cells and cytokine levels in NSCLC patients

Variable	Neutrophils	PMN-MDSCs (%)	CD3 (%)	CD3+CD4+ (%)	CD3+CD8+ (%)	MFI CD3ζ of CD3+	MFI CD3ζ of CD3+CD4+	MFI CD3ζ of CD3+CD8+
IL-17A
SC	0.543	− 0.104	0.046	0.016	− 0.036	− 0.008	0.101	0.084
P	0.007	0.348	0.697	0.895	0.761	0.962	0.534	0.604
IL-1β
SC	0.342	− 0.311	− 0.208	− 0.104	− 0.189	− 0.408	− 0.267	− 0.281
P	0.152	0.005	0.084	0.393	0.116	0.014	0.115	0.096
IL-2
SC	0.261	− 0.283	− 0.168	0.023	− 0.123	− 0.014	0.138	− 0.236
P	0.240	0.010	0.151	0.843	0.297	0.931	0.394	0.143
IL-27
SC	0.048	− 0.261	− 0.026	− 0.197	− 0.184	0.057	0.005	− 0.241
P	0.866	0.033	0.844	0.139	0.168	0.793	0.982	0.258
IL-29
SC	− 0.057	− 0.253	− 0.133	− 0.053	− 0.056	− 0.182	− 0.153	0.013
P	0.839	0.039	0.320	0.691	0.677	0.395	0.474	0.951
IL-33
SC	0.156	− 0.064	0.035	− 0.154	0.127	0.448	0.231	− 0.203
P	0.578	0.605	0.795	0.249	0.343	0.028	0.278	0.341
TNF-α
SC	− 0.299	− 0.093	− 0.145	− 0.033	0.014	− 0.346	− 0.244	− 0.263
P	0.214	0.414	0.231	0.786	0.906	0.039	0.152	0.121
IL-31
SC	− 0.056	0.013	− 0.025	− 0.114	0.137	− 0.440	− 0.521	− 0.295
P	0.844	0.918	0.852	0.393	0.305	0.031	0.009	0.162
IL-10
SC	0.229	− 0.089	− 0.175	− 0.170	− 0.058	− 0.119	− 0.241	− 0.445
P	0.346	0.437	0.148	0.159	0.635	0.488	0.157	0.007
IFN-γ
SC	0.171	− 0.178	− 0.115	− 0.010	− 0.176	0.047	− 0.022	0.102
P	0.446	0.107	0.331	0.935	0.135	0.775	0.895	0.532
IL-4
SC	− 0.027	− 0.061	− 0.141	0.059	− 0.033	− 0.135	0.069	0.150
P	0.904	0.581	0.230	0.616	0.783	0.406	0.674	0.356
IL-6
SC	0.071	− 0.118	− 0.130	− 0.188	− 0.151	0.049	− 0.234	− 0.060
P	0.772	0.301	0.284	0.119	0.211	0.777	0.170	0.728
IL-8
SC	− 0.056	0.145	0.061	− 0.067	0.013	0.073	− 0.245	− 0.191
P	0.821	0.201	0.616	0.579	0.912	0.672	0.150	0.265
IL-12 p70
SC	0.061	0.036	− 0.121	0.140	− 0.101	− 0.133	− 0.232	− 0.250
P	0.803	0.750	0.317	0.247	0.404	0.440	0.173	0.142

Statistically significant are in bold

SC Spearman correlation