Table 2.
Correlation between plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines and parasitemia
| P. falciparum infected children | ||
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| Cytokines | rho | p |
| IFN-γ | 0.231 | 0.019 |
| TNF-α | 0.017 | 0.868 |
| IL-6 | 0.242 | 0.05 |
| IL12p40 | 0.023 | 0.897 |
| IL-17 | 0.081 | 0.515 |
| IL-22 | 0.032 | 0.784 |
| IL-21 | 0.099 | 0.459 |
| IL-10 | 0.412 | 0.00001 |
| IL-4 | 0.055 | 0.714 |
| IL-13 | 0.082 | 0.546 |
Spearman Rank Correlation analysis was carried between cytokines and parasitemia in P. falciparum-infected children. Correlation coefficient (rho) is given. Correlation is significant at P < 0.05.