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. 2021 Nov 2;12:748150. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.748150

Table 4B.

Correlation between indicators of HI severity and cytokines during the first week of life.

Apgar 5 min Worse pH Worse BE NRBCs Lactate Sarnat score PI score
(n = 172) (n = 178) (n = 177) (n = 176) (n = 109) (n = 178) (n = 178)
DOL ρ ρ ρ ρ Rho ρ ρ
( p -value) ( p -value) ( p -value) ( p -value) ( p -value) ( p -value) ( p -value)
IL-6 0 (A) −0.19 (0.09) −0.11 (0.31) −0.18 (0.11) 0.40 (<0.01) 0.25 (0.05) 0.21 (0.06) 0.17 (0.13)
0 −0.15 (0.11) −0.11 (0.24) −0.09 (0.35) 0.17 (0.06) 0.07 (0.53) 0.06 (0.53) 0.04 (0.69)
1 0.10 (0.28) −0.18 (0.05) −0.19 (0.03) 0.06 (0.54) 0.08 (0.46) −0.01 (0.95) 0.09 (0.34)
2 0.01 (0.88) −0.15 (0.10) −0.16 (0.08) 0.28 (<0.01) 0.19 (0.09) 0.03 (0.76) 0.03 (0.74)
3 0.001 (0.99) −0.25 (<0.01) −0.12 (0.19) 0.18 (0.05) 0.10 (0.37) 0.07 (0.47) 0.10 (0.27)
4 −0.02 (0.86) −0.15 (0.17) −0.05 (0.63) 0.32 (<0.01) 0.35 (<0.01) −0.16 (0.14) 0.09 (0.42)
5 0.01 (0.91) −0.07 (0.56) −0.03 (0.80) 0.40 (<0.01) 0.24 (0.08) −0.01 (0.95) −0.01 (0.96)
6 −0.05 (0.73) −0.16 (0.21) −0.03 (0.81) 0.23 (0.07) 0.26 (0.11) 0.12 (0.36) 0.15 (0.25)
IL−8 0 (A) −0.22 (0.06) −0.03 (0.81) −0.26 (0.02) 0.52 (<0.01) 0.34 (<0.01) 0.15 (0.18) 0.14 (0.21)
0 −0.23 (0.02) −0.07 (0.49) −0.18 (0.07) 0.38 (<0.01) 0.26 (0.03) 0.22 (0.03) 0.22 (0.02)
1 0.04 (0.71) −0.21 (0.03) −0.13 (0.19) 0.24 (0.01) 0.33 (<0.01) 0.05 (0.62) 0.09 (0.35)
2 −0.11 (0.29) −0.11 (0.27) −0.11 (0.29) 0.26 (<0.01) 0.33 (<0.01) −0.03 (0.76) 0.01 (0.92)
3 −0.01 (0.92) −0.05 (0.60) −0.02 (0.82) 0.04 (0.67) 0.14 (0.22) −0.05 (0.63) −0.03 (0.79)
4 −0.08 (0.50) −0.02 (0.87) 0.09 (0.45) 0.04 (0.72) 0.004 (0.98) −0.17 (0.14) −0.09 (0.45)
5 −0.09 (0.47) −0.07 (0.58) −0.08 (0.50) 0.25 (0.04) 0.35 (0.01) 0.04 (0.76) 0.07 (0.59)
6 −0.30 (0.02) −0.03 (0.81) −0.05 (0.71) 0.11 (0.42) 0.37 (0.02) 0.16 (0.23) 0.11 (0.39)
IL−10 0 (A) −0.14 (0.23) −0.07 (0.55) −0.22 (0.06) 0.51 (<0.01) 0.29 (0.02) 0.23 (0.04) 0.19 (0.10)
0 −0.23 (0.02) −0.03 (0.78) −0.25 (0.01) 0.48 (<0.01) 0.39 (<0.01) 0.25 (0.01) 0.20 (0.04)
1 −0.10 (0.32) −0.10 (0.29) −0.30 (<0.01) 0.34 (<0.01) 0.25 (0.03) 0.19 (0.05) 0.21 (0.03)
2 −0.12 (0.26) −0.01 (0.95) −0.17 (0.10) 0.36 (<0.01) 0.25 (0.04) 0.30 (<0.01) 0.17 (0.09)
3 0.08 (0.41) −0.11 (0.28) −0.10 (0.30) 0.19 (0.05) 0.14 (0.24) 0.19 (0.05) 0.05 (0.59)
4 0.02 (0.88) −0.03 (0.77) 0.14 (0.24) 0.21 (0.08) 0.19 (0.18) 0.17 (0.13) 0.11 (0.36)
5 −0.03 (0.83) −0.09 (0.45) −0.13 (0.28) 0.21 (0.08) 0.25 (0.08) 0.12 (0.32) 0.15 (0.21)
6 −0.11 (0.42) 0.08 (0.56) 0.05 (0.72) 0.16 (0.23) 0.28 (0.09) 0.26 (0.05) 0.08 (0.53)
(IL−6*IL−8)/IL−10 index 0 (A) −0.17 (0.16) 0.03 (0.78) −0.02 (0.89) 0.03 (0.81) 0.003 (0.98) 0.05 (0.68) 0.03 (0.83)
0 −0.12 (0.25) −0.04 (0.71) 0.02 (0.81) −0.03 (0.75) −0.12 (0.31) 0.01 (0.95) −0.01 (0.96)
1 0.23 (0.02) −0.15 (0.11) 0.11 (0.25) −0.15 (0.12) −0.02 (0.85) −0.19 (0.05) −0.11 (0.24)
2 0.08 (0.45) −0.07 (0.46) 0.05 (0.63) −0.08 (0.42) 0.02 (0.87) −0.26 (<0.01) −0.14 (0.15)
3 −0.05 (0.65) −0.03 (0.75) 0.09 (0.36) −0.16 (0.10) −0.05 (0.64) −0.13 (0.18) −0.01 (0.92)
4 −0.004 (0.97) −0.08 (0.49) −0.13 (0.28) −0.003 (0.98) 0.05 (0.71) −0.30 (<0.01) −0.05 (0.65)
5 −0.02 (0.86) 0.06 (0.64) 0.14 (0.25) 0.24 (0.05) 0.12 (0.40) −0.11 (0.38) −0.10 (0.40)
6 −0.004 (0.98) −0.18 (0.17) −0.16 (0.24) 0.16 (0.23) 0.22 (0.19) −0.10 (0.46) 0.09 (0.48)

Analysis by Spearman ρ-correlation. A, admission; BE, base excess; DOL, day of Life; IL, interleukin; NRBCs, nucleated red blood cells; PI score, perinatal Insult score.

Bold represent p-values < 0.10.