Table 3. Correlation of 21 different cytokines with echocardiographic parameters in CD (NYHA I-IV) and DCM (NYHA I-IV) patients.

CYTOKINES	LVSD		LVDD		LVESV		LVEDV		LVEF
	CD	DCM	CD	DCM	CD	DCM	CD	DCM	CD	DCM
IL-1α	.307	.477	.206	.619	.374	.799	.342	.962	.998	.680
IL-16	.890	.769	.896	.739	.789	.948	.152	.581	.520	.830
IL-18	.680	.156	.927	.238	.569	.191	.432	.149	.449	.146
M-CSF	.207	.364	.319	.343	.415	.795	.261	.914	.278	.734
MIF	.106	.851	.103	.894	.344	.545	.978	.615	.231	.405
SCF	.459	.232	.552	.308	.753	.364	.469	.701	.662	.304
SCGF-β	.292	.367	.636	.460	.286	.613	.595	.968	.101	.292
TNF	.830	.515	.752	.520	.946	.552	.446	.664	.911	.655
TRAIL	.412	.851	.370	.841	.999	.248	.960	.252	.356	.431
IL-12p40	.588	.433	.874	.552	.891	.965	.311	.492	.221	.228
IL-2Rα	.356	.476	.428	.628	.700	.820	.286	.670	.414	.366
IL-3	.493	.667	.698	.790	.551	.602	.550	.274	.208	.426
HGF	.017*	.191	.140	.365	.024*	.071	.398	.166	.0007***	.104
IFN-α2	.216	.682	.228	.794	.694	.706	.547	.322	.271	.156
β-NGF	.289	.940	.371	.936	.344	.599	.024*	.372	.375	.705
LIF	.806	.532	.906	.859	.871	.684	.266	.907	.313	.184
CCL27	.560	.906	.873	.962	.848	.405	.335	.226	.391	.748
CXCL1	.313	.599	.278	.622	.606	.536	.785	.884	.740	.695
CCL7	.063	.640	.156	.859	.147	.159	.643	.156	.028*	.214
CXCL9	.394	.486	.644	.656	.509	.389	.885	.471	.276	.033*
CXCL12	.488	.094	.673	.163	.612	.342	.394	.163	.271	.085

Echocardiographic parameters include LVSD, LVDD, LVESV, LVEDV, and LVEF.

*p<0.05

***p< 0.001.