TABLE 4.
Statistical analysis of correlation between SIV RNA and cytokine levels within the genital organs
| Organ | Spearman rho (P valuea) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCL2 | IL-8 | IL-1β | IL-10 | TNF-α | IFN-γ | |
| Testis | 0.32 (0.750) | −0.20 (0.917) | −0.80 (0.333) | −1.00 (0.083) | −0.40 (0.750) | −0.40 (0.750) |
| Epididymis | −0.36 (0.389) | 0.21 (0.619) | −0.43 (0.419) | 0.22 (0.619) | 0.39 (0.396) | 0.10 (0.950) |
| Vas deferens | −0.83 (0.015) | −0.60 (0.132) | −0.33 (0.428) | −0.61 (0.105) | −0.43 (0.299) | 0.07 (0.906) |
| Seminal vesicles | −0.71 (0.058) | −0.90 (0.005) | −0.42 (0.299) | −0.69 (0.069) | −0.18 (0.665) | −0.28 (0.501) |
| Prostate | −0.07 (0.882) | −0.69 (0.069) | −0.39 (0.396) | −0.79 (0.028) | −0.56 (0.200) | −0.36 (0.517) |
a
A P value of ≤0.008 is considered statistically significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Significant values are shown in bold.