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. 2017 Feb 19;2017:9829436. doi: 10.1155/2017/9829436

Table 4.

Spearman rank correlations between laboratory variables and serum cytokine levels measured. Numbers given are r(p) values. Statistically significant correlations are marked with italic font.

Total bilirubin ESR AST AlkP Albumin γ-Globulin
AILD
IL-2 −0.28 (0.034) 0.03 (0.84) −0.17 (0.21) −0.16 (0.27) 0.07 (0.67) 0.09 (0.57)
IL-4 −0.04 (0.75) 0.16 (0.25) −0.04 (0.80) 0.07 (0.65) 0.14 (0.37) −0.04 (0.80)
IL-6 0.23 (0.08) 0.10 (0.46) 0.02 (0.88) −0.12 (0.43) −0.30 (0.044) 0.25 (0.10)
IL-8 0.42 (0.001) 0.41 (0.002) 0.32 (0.018) 0.45 (0.001) −0.33 (0.026) 0.18 (0.23)
TNF-α 0.18 (0.17) −0.07 (0.59) 0.11 (0.44) 0.12 (0.40) −0.13 (0.41) 0.08 (0.61)

AIH
IL-2 −0.25 (0.18) −0.13 (0.50) −0.37 (0.052) −0.18 (0.39) 0.13 (0.53) −0.06 (0.79)
IL-4 −0.21 (0.27) −0.14 (0.47) −0.14 (0.48) −0.45 (0.023) 0.26 (0.20) −0.07 (0.72)
IL-6 0.24 (0.20) 0.02 (0.90) 0.20 (0.30) 0.22 (0.29) −0.29 (0.15) 0.02 (0.92)
IL-8 0.43 (0.017) 0.32 (0.09) 0.40 (0.032) 0.37 (0.07) −0.32 (0.11) 0.20 (0.32)
TNF-α −0.09 (0.63) −0.36 (0.05) 0.05 (0.79) 0.03 (0.90) −0.14 (0.50) 0.15 (0.47)

Overlap syndrome
IL-2 −0.33 (0.08) 0.38 (0.07) −0.03 (0.87) −0.19 (0.38) 0.05 (0.86) 0.11 (0.65)
IL-4 0.21 (0.28) 0.31 (0.14) −0.07 (0.74) −0.01 (0.97) −0.12 (0.62) 0.20 (0.41)
IL-6 0.27 (0.16) 0.49 (0.014) −0.09 (0.67) −0.20 (0.36) −0.39 (0.10) 0.46 (0.046)
IL-8 0.34 (0.08) 0.27 (0.19) 0.09 (0.66) 0.19 (0.37) −0.41 (0.08) 0.25 (0.31)
TNF-α 0.56 (0.002) 0.28 (0.17) 0.22 (0.27) 0.21 (0.32) −0.12 (0.62) 0.09 (0.90)

AILD: autoimmune liver disease; AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; IL: interleukin; TNF-α: tumour necrosis factor-alpha; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; AlkP: alkaline phosphatase.