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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cytokine. 2014 Dec 13;72(1):1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2014.11.019

Table 3.

Correlation of cytokines in ME, GWI and controls (values given as R-squared)

Th1 Cytokines ME Th1 Cytokines GWI Th1 Cytokines CON
IL-12p75 TNFα IL-2 IL-12p75 TNFα IL-2 IL-12p75 TNFα IL-2
IFNγ 0.944 0.797 0.934 IFNγ 0.408 −0.495 0.424 IFNγ 0.305 0.346 0.339
IL-2 0.929 0.562 IL-2 0.724 −0.166 IL-2 0.837 0.802
TNFα 0.758 TNFα 0.012 TNFα 0.534
Th2 Cytokines ME Th2 Cytokines GWI Th2 Cytokines CON
IL-9 IL-6 IL-5 IL-13 IL-9 IL-6 IL-5 IL-13 IL-9 IL-6 IL-5 IL-13
IL-4 0.065 0.282 0.561 0.679 IL-4 0.354 0.152 0.674 0.872 IL-4 −0.011 0.660 −0.742 0.878
IL-13 0.074 0.068 0.946 IL-13 0.249 0.16 0.896 IL-13 −0.121 0.680 −0.633
IL-5 0.056 0.019 IL-5 0.306 0.117 IL-5 0.113 −0.462
IL-6 −0.017 IL-6 0.013 IL-6 0.041
Th17 Cytokines ME Th17 Cytokines GWI Th17 Cytokines CON
IL-21 IL-17F IL-21 IL-17F IL-21 IL-17F
IL-17A −0.016 −0.022 IL-17A 0.349 0.102 IL-17A −0.544 -0.337
IL-17F −0.036 IL-17F 0.592 IL-17F 0.815