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.
Denotes variable was log-transformed for all statistical analyses.
CSS: Clinical severity score. Correlations between concentrations and clinical severity score within RTT only.