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. 2018 Jun 5;18(2):1551–1559. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9134

Table II.

The median, upper and lower quartiles of plasma concentrations of ORM2, S100A9, IL-36α and SOD1in the STB, MTB and NC groups.

Characteristic STB MTB NC P-value (STB vs. MTB) P-value (STB vs. NC)
ORM2 (mg/ml) 614.49 514.57 386.75 <0.001 <0.001
  Lower quartile (mg/ml) 481.23 335.96 268.39
  Upper quartile (mg/ml) 805.93 639.64 488.43
S100A9 (mg/ml) 14.90 5.07 2.55 0.03 0.001
  Lower quartile (mg/ml) 11.37 2.70 1.69
  Upper quartile (mg/ml) 19.34 6.95 3.25
IL-36α (ng/ml) 92.15 59.55 21.90 0.02 <0.001
  Lower quartile (mg/ml) 48.42 40.63 11.54
  Upper quartile (mg/ml) 203.25 105.38 51.03
SOD1 (mg/ml) 771.70 985.75 1,021.03 <0.001 <0.001
  Lower quartile (mg/ml) 648.26 652.7 638.53
  Upper quartile (mg/ml) 913.40 1,257.81 1,290.86

ORM2, S100A9, S100 calcium binding protein A9; IL-36α, interleukin-36α; SOD1, superoxide dismutase 1; STB, severe tuberculosis; MTB, mild tuberculosis; NC, healthy control samples.