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. 2019 Nov 14;1:100008. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2019.100008

Table 2.

Untransformed means and interquartile ranges (IQR) for all cytokines (in pg/mL) for both groups, and correlations between concentrations and clinical severity in the RTT group.

Analyte LLOD (pg/mL) Control
Rett
Group diff. p-value Correlation with CSSb Correlation p-value
% detect Median (IQR) % detect Median (IQR)
IL-1βa 0.10 100 38.8 (27.6–66.7) 100 142.9 (74.8–479.3) .002 .815 .001
IL-2 0.03 81 0.42 (0.17–1.39) 94 0.65 (0.25–1.34) .488 -.197 .598
IL-4 1.00 100 23.1 (20.0–41.2) 100 22.4 (18.7–35.8) .431 -.190 .598
IL-5 0.06 100 0.38 (0.21–0.94) 100 0.42 (0.22–0.65) .383 -.073 .868
IL-6a 0.09 100 1.65 (0.91–2.38) 100 3.96 (2.03–10.65) .006 .817 .001
IL-8a 0.08 100 189.0 (115.6–348.9) 100 671.9 (271.5–3763.8) .002 .824 .001
IL-10a 0.10 94 0.69 (0.41–1.14) 100 1.58 (0.96–3.06) .051 .788 .001
IL-12p70a 0.24 63 0.48 (0.12–6.69) 81 1.31 (0.24–4.37) .765 -.214 .598
GM-CSF 0.30 100 0.79 (0.56–1.33) 100 2.05 (0.24–4.37) .004 .725 .004
IFN-γa 0.10 50 0.36 (0.05–1.42) 56 0.34 (0.05–1.36) .983 .044 .875
TNF-αa 0.10 100 7.72 (4.93–10.44) 100 11.01 (6.57–24.25) .051 .781 .001
VEGFa 0.10 100 209.4 (156.8–346.0) 100 533.3 (356.9–710.1) .006 .512 .087

Note: LLOD: Lower limit of detection for each assay.

a

Denotes variable was log-transformed for all statistical analyses.

b

CSS: Clinical severity score. Correlations between concentrations and clinical severity score within RTT only.