Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for inflammation biomarkers in MIREC participants (n = 1,170)
| Geometric mean | Minimum | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile | Maximum | Spearman correlation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-6 | IL-8 | TNFα | |||||||
| CRP (mg/L) | 16.9 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 16.9 | 35.9 | 1,602.6 | 0.19, p < 0.001 | 0.04, p = 0.15 | 0.15, p < 0.001 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 136.2 | – | 0.42, p < 0.001 | 0.31, p < 0.001 |
| IL-8 (pg/ml) | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 40.4 | – | – | 0.43, p < 0.001 |
| TNFα (pg/ml) | 4.3 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 28.7 | – | – | – |
IL-6 indicates interluekin-6; IL-8, interleukin-8; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor-alpha.