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. 2018 Sep 26;69(2):295–305. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy823

Table 2.

Summary Measures for Each Analyte for the Unstimulated and Background-adjusted Values

Analyte Control Incident TB Prevalent TB TB-combined
Unstimulated
CCL3 1973.9 (1070.1, 4427.7) 2077.9 (1111.4, 4098.6) 2396.5 (869.0, 4133.5) 2291.0 (969.4, 4117.9)
CCL4 1411.1 (809.9, 2280.0) 1608.4 (959.3, 2774.7) 1394.7 (660.8, 2186.4) 1450.5 (735.9, 2428.5)
CXCL10 4325.9 (2593.1, 8577.5) 5748.5 (2925.8, 8621.0) 6717.0 (3981.0, 10413.3) 6126.6 (3742.1, 9437.5)
EGF 274.0 (178.8, 380.4) 247.7 (148.6, 344.4) 236.6 (169.9, 321.2) 245.9 (164.0, 332.8)
IFN-α2 82.0 (29.0, 127.9) 105.5 (73.3, 145.8) 99.7 (51.3, 149.3) 104.7 (60.7, 148.7)
IFN-γ 8.6 (3.0, 15.2) 11.8 (8.0, 16.4) 11.5 (8.2, 23.0) 11.7 (8.0, 21.0)
IL-10 10.2 (3.0, 23.5) 14.0 (6.9, 27.7) 11.3 (6.1, 21.4) 12.5 (6.2, 25.7)
IL-1α 32.3 (4.8, 83.2) 28.5 (4.5, 59.6) 16.6 (3.6, 48.2) 20.6 (3.6, 56.7)
IL-2 4.0 (3.0, 6.6) 4.7 (3.0, 6.3) 7.7 (6.6, 8.5) 7.1 (5.6, 8.1)
sCD40L 1046.5 (490.5, 2102.6) 889.1 (645.0, 2260.7) 930.5 (415.7, 2915.1) 898.0 (454.6, 2494.2)
TGF-α 12.3 (7.1, 19.4) 14.1 (8.6, 20.6) 16.8 (12.1, 22.7) 16.1 (10.3, 22.1)
TNF 113.8 (47.5, 258.0) 143.1 (58.7, 300.6) 139.4 (67.1, 257.1) 139.4 (61.4, 283.1)
VEGF 379.0 (205.0, 694.0) 205.0 (205.0, 665.8) 456.9 (205.0, 701.5) 369.3 (205.0, 691.4)
Background-adjusted, Stimulated–unstimulated
CCL3 -132.1 (-1197.0, 655.4) 169.7 (-1162.3, 750.3) 44.0 (-851.8, 704.4) 89.2 (-1026.5, 719.1)
CCL4 145.6 (-335.3, 965.1) 404.2 (-212.1, 940.1) 322.4 (-23.1, 1315.7) 351.6 (-76.2, 1124.0)
CXCL10 6144.6 (1698.8, 15576.7) 13 327.6 (4228.4, 34 531.8) 16 242.8 (4853.8, 31 249.0) 14 756.5 (4570.4, 31 947.6)
EGF -37.5 (-76.6, -3.0) -41.0 (-89.5, -5.1) -43.6 (-76.5, -15.3) -42.6 (-82.7, -10.6)
IFN-α2 0.0 (-10.1, 15.6) 9.1 (0.0, 24.3) 6.3 (-2.3, 16.6) 6.5 (0.0, 20.5)
IFN-γ 11.0 (0.0, 74.0) 27.2 (1.6, 89.3) 53.0 (13.4, 192.7) 44.2 (10.6, 177.6)
IL-10 0.0 (-7.5, 1.5) -2.0 (-8.8, 3.0) -2.3 (-8.4, 0.0) -2.2 (-8.5, 0.0)
IL-1α 1.8 (-17.6, 25.5) 0.0 (-18.4, 13.3) 0.0 (-15.3, 16.4) 0.0 (-17.2, 16.0)
IL-2 14.0 (1.3, 86.3) 26.2 (1.8, 140.4) 33.4 (5.8, 152.8) 33.2 (5.4, 143.9)
sCD40L 152.4 (-91.3, 970.7) 291.8 (-55.3, 724.6) 153.4 (-78.2, 1151.1) 170.7 (-65.1, 864.5)
TGF-α 0.0 (-3.6, 2.4) 0.0 (-3.0, 4.0) -0.6 (-4.4, 2.6) 0.0 (-4.1, 3.4)
TNF -7.8 (-74.7, 39.3) 0.7 (-104.2, 35.0) -1.0 (-83.6, 49.9) -0.2 (-92.9, 40.3)
VEGF 0.0 (-227.8, 200.9) 0.0 (-116.7, 298.3) 0.0 (-239.0, 370.7) 0.0 (-197.5, 341.2)

The TB-combined group includes both the TB incident and TB prevalent groups. Values are shown as pg/ml median (IQR).

Abbreviations: CCL, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand; CXCL10, C-X-C motif chemokine 10; EGF, epidermal growth factor; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; IQR, interquartile range; sCD40L, soluble CD40 ligand; TB, tuberculosis; TGF-α, transforming growth factor-α; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.