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Table 3.

Laboratory findings and cytokines of interest between diseases during first KSHV-MCD flare on protocol

Normal range or normal median (range)* All patients MCD alone MCD with concurrent KS P MCD with concurrent PEL ± KS P
Flare laboratory findings
 Hemoglobin, g/dL 13.7-17.5 9.5 (8.0, 11.5) 10.3 (8, 11.3) 9.5 (7.9, 11.5) .83 9.2 (8.4, 11.5) .97
 Platelets, ×103/µL 161-347 117 (59, 253) 90 (37, 344) 118 (70 184) .93 195 (55, 347) .94
 Albumin, g/dL 3.5-5.2 2.7 (2.2, 3.3) 2.7 (2.1, 3.4) 2.9 (2.4, 3.4) .67 2.5 (1.5, 3.0) .24
 CRP, mg/L 0-4.99 88.1 (19.3, 144) 97 (27.1, 195) 101.2 (14.5, 144) .56 70.6 (50, 88.1) .38
Flare, median (IQR)
 IFN-γ, pg/mL 3.77 (0.64-14.4) 32.9 (15.6, 139.6) 30.9 (14.6, 97) 34.3 (18.4, 165) .74 26.0 (14.6, 94.3) .79
 IL-10, pg/mL 0.2 (0.06-3.08) 100.8 (18.7, 730) 265.6 (44.4, 1290) 92.6 (9.2, 730) .36 171.6 (39, 958.4) .79
 IL-12, pg/mL 0.29 (0.26-0.38) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.2 (0.1, 0.5) 0.1 (0.1, 0.3) .42 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) .46
 IL-13, pg/mL 1.65 (0.6-2.78) 0.5 (0.1, 0.9) 0.6 (0.1, 1) 0.5 (0.1, 1) .79 0.5 (0.1, 0.8) .53
 IL-1β, pg/mL 0.16 (0.11-24.3) 0.3 (0.2, 0.6) 0.3 (0.1, 0.6) 0.3 (0.2, 0.6) .88 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) .88
 IL-2, pg/mL 0.52 (0.22-2.68) 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0.6 (0.4, 1) 0.4 (0.3, 0.9) .68 0.8 (0.4, 1.2) .42
 IL-4, pg/mL Not detectable 0.08 (0.06, 0.14) 0.1 (0.06, 0.20) 0.08 (0.05, 0.1) .26 0.07 (0.06, 0.1) .32
 IL-6, pg/mL 0.47 (0.16-27.2) 8 (3.8, 25.8) 19 (4.2, 56.3) 6.8 (3.0, 15.9) .12 8.3 (6.8, 31.0) .74
 IL-8, pg/mL 0.47 (0.16-27.2) 63.1 (19.3, 107.4) 86.1 (18.7, 157.9) 50 (19.3, 91.3) .32 78.5 (28.8, 117.1) .65
 TNF-α, pg/mL 0.36 (0.10-1.75) 9 (6.5, 12.6) 9.4 (6.2, 12.4) 8.7 (7.1, 13.1) .89 8.4 (6.5, 16.4) .79
 KSHV-VL, log10 copies/106 PBMCs NA 3.8 (3.0, 5.1) 3.9 (3.0, 5.2) 3.9 (3.2, 5) .78 3.7 (1.1, 4.2) .65

NA, not available.

*

For cytokines, median and normal range are from 27 normal serum human samples tested in the proinflammatory panel 1 (human) kit.32

P values are for comparisons with MCD alone.