Table 2.

IFNγ, IL-10, IL-12 and CRP concentrations from Cameroonian children with P falciparum malaria

	IFNγ		IL–10		IL–12p40		IL–12p70		CRP
	(pg/ml)	P-value	(pg/ml)	P-value	(pg/ml)	P-value	(pg/ml)	P-value	(mg/l)	P-value
Control	20‡ (10–117)		20 (9–126)		298 (117–581)		0·9 (0·1–2·4)		2 (0·1–60)
Uncomplicatedmalaria	ND		39 (20–3190)	0·001*	275 (150–2672)	0·6*	ND		63 (14–522)	<0·001*
Severe malaria	10 (1–1132)	0·04*	2496 (18–21020)	<0·001*	242 (55–2456)	0·9*	1·5 (0·1–11·4)	0·05*	217 (15–545)	<0·001*
				<0·001§		0·4§				<0·001§

^‡median concentrations on day of enrolment (range).

^*P-value as compared to control value.

^§P-value as compared to uncomplicated malaria. ND, Not Done.