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. 2021 Apr 19;11:8474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87895-4

Table 1.

Comparison of CSF inflammatory parameters (median [p25th-p75th]) between neonates exposed to Zika virus during fetal life, with or without congenital microcephaly, and controls.

CSF inflammatory parameters (pg/ml) Controls
n = 14
Cases with and without microcephaly
n = 14
Pa Cases with microcephaly
n = 7
Pb Cases without microcephaly
n = 7
Pc Pd
Results with significant difference
IL-1α 31.0 (20.6–39.3) 18.2 (13.8–22.5) 0.008 20.5 (15.5–33.0) 0.2 15.0 (13.0–20.0) 0.004 0.2
IL-7 13.3 (11.9–14.4) 11.5 (9.8–13.5) 0.048 11.5 (10.0–12.5) 0.07 11.4 (9.0–13.9) 0.2 0.9
IP10/CXCL10 1425.5 (657.8–2274.6) 447.8 (182.5–1358.0) 0.03 564.0 (260.0–2576.0) 0.5 261.5 (151.0–572.0) 0.006 0.3
MCP1/CCL2 10,611.8 (7253.5–14,501.9) 10,299.0 (6877.0–15,641.1) 0.7 7999.5 (3737.5–11,432.0) 0.2 15,580.0 (9166.0–16,028.0) 0.06 0.03
TNF-β 8.0 (7.4–9.6) 8.7 (7.1–9.7) 0.9 9.7 (8.5–10.0) 0.2 7.6 (6.5–8.8) 0.2 0.03
GCSF 16.0 (12.9–19.6) 13.0 (11.0–14.3) 0.047 13.0 (13.0–14.0) 0.2 11.0 (9.0–15.0) 0.06 0.2
IL-4 10.0 (9.5–10.7) 10.5 (9.4–11.6) 0.4 11.5 (10.2–13.0) 0.01 9.4 (8.4–10.7) 0.3 0.009
Results without significant difference
EGF 8.5 (7.3–10.7) 9.0 (7.6–10.0) 0.6 9.5 (8.3–10.2) 1.0 8.0 (7.1–9.2) 0.4 0.2
EOTAXIN/CCL11 10.2 (8.0–10.8) 9.4 (8.9–10.4) 1.0 9.5 (9.0–10.5) 0.9 9.3 (8.0–10.4) 1.0 0.8
GMCSF 13.5 (12.8–16.0) 13.0 (11.4–16.1) 0.7 12.0 (11.0–17.0) 0.4 14.0 (13.0–16.0) 0.8 0.4
IFN-α2 9.0 (7.3–11.0) 8.0 (7.7–10.0) 0.7 8.0 (7.9–8.0) 0.6 9.0 (7.2–11.0) 0.9 0.7
IFN-γ 12.2 (11.5–13.2) 11.9 (10.5–13.6) 0.5 13.4 (10.5–14.0) 0.5 11.0 (10.3–12.3) 0.09 0.08
IL-12p40 15.5 (12.7–17.6) 13.8 (11.6–18.0) 0.6 16.8 (12.2–21.5) 0.6 13.0 (11.5–14.0) 0.1 0.2
IL-12p70 8.6 (7.3–9.2) 9.0 (8.2–9.6) 0.3 9.5 (8.4–9.6) 0.2 8.4 (8.0–9.4) 0.6 0.2
IL-15 22.4 (18.2–28.1) 23.3 (19.6–25.9) 0.9 23.5 (20.0–28.5) 0.7 23.0 (18.5–25.0) 0.8 0.7
IL-17A 11.5 (10.2–12.3) 12.1 (10.2–12.6) 0.5 12.0 (10.1–13.0) 0.6 12.2 (10.2–12.5) 0.6 0.9
IL-1β 8.3 (7.3–9.3) 8.5 (8.1–9.5) 0.5 9.0 (8.0–9.5) 0.3 8.3 (8.1–8.6) 1.0 0.3
IL-2 13.9 (13.0–15.1) 13.3 (12.7–14.3) 0.3 13.0 (12.8–14.2) 0.3 13.9 (10.5–14.4) 0.4 0.8
IL-3 10.7 (9.5–11.0) 10.7 (10.3–11.5) 0.6 10.6 (10.4–11.5) 0.9 10.8 (10.1–11.5) 0.6 1.0
IL-5 8.9 (7.7–9.6) 9.5 (8.0–10.7) 0.4 10.5 (7.9–10.8) 0.1 8.5 (8.0–10.0) 1.0 0.3
IL-6 14.3 (12.7–17.3) 13.1 (10.9–15.5) 0.2 13.7 (11.0–15.3) 0.4 12.5 (10.5–16.0) 0.3 0.8
IL-8 1274.5 (842.8–2227.4) 1108.8 (509.4–2166.8) 0.6 1063.0 (531.0–1383.0) 0.4 1666.5 (444.5–4307.5) 1.0 0.5
MIP-1α/CCL3 23.8 (15.5–54.0) 16.5 (15.2–29.5) 0.3 16.0 (15.3–37.0) 0.6 17.0 (15.0–24.0) 0.3 0.7
MIP-1 β/CCL4 17.2 (14.0–24.3) 14.8 (12.9–18.5) 0.3 15.0 (12.5–18.0) 0.5 14.4 (13.0–20.0) 0.4 0.9
TNF-α 12.9 (10.7–17.3) 12.8 (8.8–14.6) 0.3 13.5 (8.0–15.0) 0.6 11.5 (9.0–14.5) 0.2 0.6
VEGF 12.8 (11.3–13.8) 13.3 (11.0–14.6) 0.7 13.5 (12.8–13.9) 0.4 11.5 (10.5–15.0) 0.8 0.7
IL-10 9.1 (7.9–9.9) 8.8 (8.4–10.4) 0.9 9.5 (8.6–13.6) 0.2 8.7 (7.0–8.8) 0.3 0.08
IL-13 11.7 (10.5–13.1) 11.7 (10.5–12.6) 1.0 11.9 (10.1–12.5) 0.9 11.6 (10.5–13.5) 0.9 0.8
IL-1RA 14.9 (13.9–18.0) 15.3 (13.8–17.4) 0.9 15.0 (13.0–19.0) 0.9 15.5 (14.1–16.0) 0.9 0.7
CSF inflammatory parameters ratios (median [p25th-p75th]) with significant difference
IL-4/GCSF 0.6593 (0.5118–0.7775) 0.7846 (0.7281–0.9308) 0.01 0.8000 (0.7286–1.0000) 0.02 0.7636 (0.7267–0.8889) 0.09 0.6
IL-4/IL-1α 0.3468 (0.2348–0.4706) 0.5945 (0.4059–0.7702) 0.004 0.5756 (0.3333–0.7879) 0.05 0.6133 (0.4200–0.7643) 0.007 0.7
IL-4/IL-7 0.7637 (0.7014–0.8494) 0.9173 (0.7480–1.0708) 0.06 0.9709 (0.8870–1.2366) 0.02 0.7619 (0.7368–1.0444) 0.5 0.3
IL-4/IP10 0.008215 (0.004132–0.01604) 0.02426 (0.006650–0.05306) 0.02 0.02092 (0.004347–0.05000) 0.3 0.04092 (0.01749–0.06225) 0.009 0.4

aComparison between cases with and without microcephaly and controls.

bComparison between cases with microcephaly and controls.

cComparison between cases without microcephaly and controls.

dComparison between cases with and cases without microcephaly.