Table 4. Partial Spearman’s correlation between Th17-related cytokine levels and echocardiographic parameters in AF patients^*.

	IL-17A	IL-17F	IL-21	IL-22	IFN-γ	IL-10	IL-9	IL-6	IL-4
LAD	0.118†	0.102	0.126†	0.049	0.096	0.117†	0.099	0.134†	0.110
	(0.038)	(0.073)	(0.027)	(0.394)	(0.091)	(0.040)	(0.083)	(0.019)	(0.054)
RAD	0.032	0.069	0.053	0.023	0.023	0.001	0.009	0.057	0.042
	(0.574)	(0.229)	(0.350)	(0.690)	(0.685)	(0.993)	(0.875)	(0.332)	(0.461)
LVD	0.077	0.128†	0.099	0.074	0.049	0.085	0.055	0.072	0.070
	(0.174)	(0.025)	(0.081)	(0.194)	(0.387)	(0.136)	(0.335)	(0.205)	(0.221)
LVEF	−0.034	−0.130†	−0.065	−0.062	−0.006	0.008	−0.017	−0.065	−0.031
	(0.552)	(0.023)	(0.257)	(0.280)	(0.912)	(0.887)	(0.767)	(0.259)	(0.589)

AF, atrial fibrillation; IL-17A, interleukin 17A; IL-17F, interleukin 17F; IL-21, interleukin 21; IL-22, interleukin 22; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; IL-10, interleukin 10; IL-9, interleukin 9; IL-6, interleukin 6; IL-4, interleukin 4; LAD, left atrial diameter; RAD, right atrial diameter; LVD, left ventricle diameter; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction.

^*Partial Spearman’s correlation with adjustment for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, smoking status, drinking status, BMI, use of statins and use of aspirin was used. Values are partial Spearman coefficients (P value).

^†Correlation coefficients were significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).