Table 1. The levels of cytokine, T lymphocytes subset, B cell, NK cell, immunoglobulin, complement and CRP from HSP group and normal control group [Median (range)].
| Parameters | HSP group (n = 1232) | normal control group (n = 400) | P value |
| Age (year) | 5.24(1.0→14.6) | 5.75(1.6→15.7) | 0.54 |
| IL-2 (pg/mL) | 2.2(1.0→17.4) | 5.5(2.7→7.8) | <0.01 |
| IL-4 (pg/mL) | 3.2(0.9→5.9) | 2.8(1.1→4.0) | 0.03 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 3.6(1.0→1634.5) | 4.0(2.4→8.5) | 0.62 |
| IL-10 (pg/mL) | 2.6(1.0→80.6) | 2.4(1.3→7.2) | 0.40 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 2.3(1.0→59.2) | 2.3(1.0→3.0) | 0.31 |
| INF-γ (pg/mL) | 5.1(1.0→89.9) | 4.9(3.8→7.8) | 0.36 |
| IgG (g/L) | 10.7(2.6→21.5) | 8.8(6.7→13.8) | <0.01 |
| IgA (g/L) | 2.0(0.6→7.5) | 1.1(0.6→2.1) | <0.01 |
| IgM (g/L) | 1.2(0.2→4.8) | 1.1(0.4→1.5) | 0.02 |
| C3 (g/L) | 1.2(0.3→2.2) | 1.3(0.2→1.5) | 0.12 |
| C4 (g/L) | 0.3(0.1→0.8) | 0.2(0.1→0.4) | <0.01 |
| IgE (IU/mL) | 69.1(4.3→3240.0) | 27.7(4.3→62.3) | <0.01 |
| CRP (mg/L) | 7.0(1.0→64.0) | 2.1(1.0→8.0) | <0.01 |
| CD3+ (% of positivity) | 60.3(7.9→84.6) | 66.5(58.3→72.7) | <0.01 |
| CD4+ (% of positivity) | 29.3(10.5→51.1) | 34.8(29.9→47.3) | <0.01 |
| CD8+ (% of positivity) | 22.6(12.1→27.0) | 22.5(16.3→32.1) | 0.46 |
| CD4+/CD8+ | 1.3(0.4→3.5) | 1.6(1.0→2.9) | <0.01 |
| CD20+ (% of positivity) | 23.0(6.4→51.9) | 17.0(15.3→19.7) | <0.01 |
| CD3−CD16+ CD56+ (% of positivity) | 7.7(2.1→22.5) | 17.2(13.5→23.1) | <0.01 |