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. 2013 Feb 21;12:69. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-69

Table 4.

Distribution of chemokines and other proteins levels in the study subjects stratified by Plasmodium vivax malaria clinical outcome

Biomaker
Endemic controls
Asymptomatic malaria
Symptomatic malaria
Severe malaria: Survivors
Severe malaria: Deaths
P value
P value
1
2
  n=176 n=148 n=187 n=13 n=6    
CCL2
86.0
85.2
65.8
64.7
87.9
0.117
0.207
ng/mL
(21-176)
(18-161.6)
(23.0-145.6)
(43-127)
(34.7-139)
CCL5
27.0
24.4
25. 3
26.1
36.7
0.007
0.156
μg/mL
(15-45.7)
(13.4-38)
(15.8-70.2)
(20-38.7)
(25.4-83.2)
CXCL9
0.3
0.5
2.2
3.5
4.6
<0.001
<0.001
ng/mL
(0.2-0.5)
(0.3-0.8)
(0.4-9.4)
(0. 6-12.5)
(0.8-9.9)
CXCL10
88.0
19.4
77.4
117.7
183.3
<0.001
<0.001
pg/mL
(25-198)
(10.2-25.0)
(25.3-360.7)
(28-564)
(30.0-395.5)
sTNF-RI
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.8
2.2
<0.001
<0.001
ng/mL
(0.1-0.4)
(0.4-0.6)
(0.4-0.7)
(0.7-0.9)
(1.7-3.1)
SOD-1
4.2
6.0
26.0
72.6
82.4
<0.001
<0.001
ng/mL
(2.6-6.8)
(3.6-10)
(18.8-34.0)
(71-80.4)
(76.6-100.5)
HO-1
29.1
29.5
35.5
42.9
49.2
<0.001 <0.001
ng/mL (25.8-32) (26.3-35.2) (29.7-44.8) (38.5-45) (48.4-57.3)

Note: Data represent median values and interquartile ranges. P value 1 was obtained using Kruskal-Wallis test, whereas P value 2 was calculated using Linear trend post test.