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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2017 Oct 20;1(4):293–301. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30122-0

Table 3.

Multivariable regression models of proinflammatory cytokines, catecholamines and cortisol for long-term outcomes

Long-term event

EF < 50% EF < 40% E/e′ > 8 avcIB

Estimate p Estimate p Estimate p Estimate p
Model [IL-1b, TNFα, IL-6, IL-8]
Acute, maximum concentration
Intercept −0.98 0.212 −2.12 0.223 −1.97 0.0502
IL-1P 0.0183 0.556 0.00266 0.651 −0.0897 0.204
IL-6 0.00144 0.193 −0.000452 0.554 0.00141 0.0407
IL-8 −0.000487 0.299 0.0168 0.0542 # #
TNFα 0.0156 0.392 −0.0169 0.408 −0.00367 0.221

R2 0.438 0.0232 0.596 0.00159 0.427 0.0267

Model [IL-1b, TNFα, IL-6, IL-8]
Acute, mean concentration
Intercept −2.08 0.0506 −2.09 0.0384 −3.28 0.0867
IL-1β 0.055 0.544 −0.0467 0.116 −0.00811 0.824
IL-6 −0.000432 0.114 −0.00138 0.502 0.000419 0.867
IL-8 0.00525 0.754 # # 0.0381 0.0196
TNFα 0.121 0.122 0.167 0.0311 −0.024 0.728

R2 0.494 0.0063 0.356 0.0299 0.633 < 0.0001

Model [epinephrine, cortisol]
Acute, mean concentration
Intercept 0.257 0.805 −0.536 0.67
Epinephrine 0.00814 0.401 0.0104 0.448
Cortisol −0.00511 0.211 −0.00547 0.327

R2 0.683 0.0499 0.631 0.0293
#

= Modeled without IL-8. Epinephrine and cortisol concentrations per 24h in urine, averaged over duration of acute hospitalization.