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. 2006 Sep;74(9):5249–5260. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00843-06

TABLE 3.

Relationship between cytokine production and PfHz-containing monocytesa

Cytokine parameter Correlation with total no. of PCM/μl
r value P value
IL-12p70 level −0.182 0.33
IL-10 level −0.345 0.06
TNF-α level 0.075 0.71
IL-10/IL-12p70 ratio 0.404 <0.05
TNF-α/IL-12p70 ratio 0.412 <0.05
a

Correlations between cytokine levels (and ratios) and total no. of PCM/μl were determined for children with PCM-positive blood smears (n = 31), using Pearson correlation analyses.