Table 2.

Comparison of biomarker concentrations in virus-positive vs. virus-negative samples.

Marker	Virus positive			Virus negative			P (Wilcoxon rank-sum test)
	Median	25th percentile	75th percentile	Median	25th percentile	75th percentile
CRP	0.7	0.4	3.1	0.9	0.2	4.7	0.8597
Procalcitonin	0.6	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.3951
Hu IL-1b	5.7	4.6	23.9	4.5	3.4	7.3	0.0605
Hu IL-1ra	247.7	219.3	666.8	297.5	226.4	529.6	0.9746
Hu IL-2	57.7	50.1	84.1	61.1	53.1	76.8	0.5668
Hu IL-4	12.7	11.4	15.4	12.2	10.3	14.8	0.6106
Hu IL-5	18.0	15.7	20.6	21.0	17.5	26.9	0.2865
Hu IL-6	123.4	48.3	255.0	63.9	36.0	132.6	0.1815
Hu IL-7	20.8	16.6	26.4	20.1	16.0	26.1	0.8861
Hu IL-8	232.2	135.8	1337.0	112.3	89.7	501.5	0.1348
Hu IL-9	33.3	29.3	51.5	24.5	22.1	27.6	0.0125
Hu IL-10	30.6	27.7	52.7	27.9	15.1	36.5	0.2032
Hu IL-12(p70)	49.3	44.8	62.5	37.5	26.0	51.3	0.0747
Hu IL-13	13.6	9.5	19.1	14.9	10.8	20.0	0.5776
Hu IL-15	35.5	21.8	39.9	26.8	21.7	41.2	0.5041
Hu IL-17	450.4	392.5	551.7	477.2	407.7	564.3	0.8987
Hu Eotaxin	111.5	80.2	131.0	87.8	62.0	124.8	0.2793
Hu FGF basic	135.2	123.6	155.8	133.9	121.1	152.8	0.5561
Hu G-CSF	95.0	81.1	146.3	99.1	82.4	126.7	0.6675
Hu GM-CSF	81.4	53.5	130.7	58.5	18.6	115.0	0.2264
Hu IFN-γ	182.2	165.0	282.4	183.6	161.7	221.8	0.4171
Hu IP-10	1126.1	631.2	1343.3	963.4	383.1	1845.4	0.5669
Hu MCP-1(MCAF)	94.3	72.6	117.8	106.2	62.5	129.1	0.924
Hu MIP-1a	60.5	11.6	329.2	8.1	4.9	77.1	0.0563
Hu PDGF-bb	5960.7	4709.3	7379.3	5398.5	4228.3	6086.1	0.3730
Hu MIP-1b	823.0	270.8	3311.5	344.6	147.4	814.3	0.1190
Hu TNF-α	128.7	88.6	211.4	101.4	75.7	139.2	0.1522
Hu VEGF	304.9	226.4	337.8	156.0	127.4	227.9	0.0015