Table 4.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients between lung injury (CT severity score and PaO₂/FiO₂) and demographic data, laboratory data, and cytokines

	CT severity score(n = 94)		PaO2/FiO2(n = 51)
	r	p –values	r	p –values
Age	0.283	0.006	−0.434	0.001
Sex	−0.095	0.361	0.177	0.213
Any coexisting disorder	0.208	0.045	−0.348	0.012
White-cell count	−0.063	0.546	0.114	0.426
Lymphocyte count	−0.419	< 0.001	0.565	< 0.001
Neutrophil count	0.058	0.580	−0.006	0.968
PCT	0.256	0.017	−0.424	0.002
Hs-CRP	0.352	0.001	−0.329	0.029
IL-1β	−0.049	0.642	0.153	0.284
IL-2R	0.288	0.005	−0.412	0.003
IL-6	0.440	< 0.001	−0.606	0000
IL-8	0.197	0.057	−0.312	0.026
IL-10	0.160	0.123	−0.191	0.179
TNF-a	0.120	0.249	−0.218	0.124
CT severity score	–	–	−0.460	0.001
PaO2/FiO2	−0.460	0.001	–	–

Abbreviation: IL interleukin, TNF tumor necrosis factor, Hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, CT computed tomography, PCT procalcitonin