Table 2.
Correlation between IFN lambda 1 and IFN lambda 2–3 and between IFN lambda 1–3 and ISGs (MxA and ISG56) in infants suffering RSV or HRV bronchiolitis.
| RSV |
HRV |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFN lambda 1 |
IFN lambda 2–3 |
IFN lambda 1 |
IFN lambda 2–3 |
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| p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | |
| IFN lambda 1 | NAa | NA | 0.000 | 0.855 | NA | NA | 0.000 | 0.863 |
| MxA | 0.000 | 0.657 | 0.000 | 0.621 | 0.000 | 0.619 | 0.000 | 0.725 |
| ISG56 | 0.021 | 0.421 | 0.032 | 0.349 | 0.003 | 0.552 | 0.023 | 0.552 |
Spearman's rho coefficient was calculated in order to assess the correlation between the level of IFN lambda 1 and IFN lambda 2–3 and between IFN lambda 1–3 and ISGs (MxA and ISG56). Significant correlations are highlighted in bold-face. Analysis was performed with SPSS v.17.0 for Windows.
a
NA, not applicable.