Table 4.
Relationship between the serum levels of cytokines in children with tuberculous lymphadenitis (n = 25) based on Spearman's rank correlation. The values shown are the correlation coefficients.
| TNF-α | GM-CSF | IL-1β | IL-2 | IL-4 | IL-5 | IL-6 | IL-8 | IL-10 | IL-12 | IL-15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFN-γ | .566∗∗ | .716∗∗ | .369 | −.244 | .389 | .274 | .440∗ | .497∗ | .151 | −.200 | −.111 |
| TNF-α | .802∗∗ | .611∗∗ | .028 | .213 | .303 | .528∗∗ | .648∗∗ | .108 | −.047 | .291 | |
| GM-CSF | .726∗∗ | .039 | .442∗ | .527∗∗ | .758∗∗ | .875∗∗ | .026 | −.191 | .154 | ||
| IL-1 | .336 | .490∗ | .646∗∗ | .596∗∗ | .671∗∗ | −.176 | −.114 | .424∗ | |||
| IL-2 | −.226 | −.039 | .122 | .150 | −.133 | .256 | .448∗ | ||||
| IL-4 | .745∗∗ | .341 | .376 | .008 | −.391 | −.076 | |||||
| IL-5 | .401∗ | .469∗ | .070 | −.538∗∗ | −.038 | ||||||
| IL-6 | .842∗∗ | −.190 | −.282 | .072 | |||||||
| IL-8 | −.068 | −.115 | .194 | ||||||||
| IL-10 | −.259 | −.474∗ | |||||||||
| IL-12 | .530∗∗ |
∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). ∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).