Table 2.

Comparison of median serum level of biomarkers between infected and uninfected children.

Median level (25th–75th percentile)
Biomarkers	Infected individuals n = 177	Healthy controls n = 22	p
IL-6	0.87 (0.2–3.9)	0.39 (0.0–4.8)	0.594
sTREM	119.00 (29.9–208.9)	10.65 (0.0–73.4)	0.046*
Eotaxin-1	30.15 (11.0–49.0)	15.59 (10.8–23.3)	0.144
FABP	315.01 (174.7–507.2)	419.06 (382.3–559.2)	0.201
sCD23	2,548.60 (1,899.0–3,356.0)	2,035.09 (1,448.0–2,939.0)	0.050*
LPS	0.26 (0.1–0.5)	0.18 (0.0–0.5)	0.773

The analysis was performed with Mann–Whitney U.

IL-6, interleukin-6; sTREM, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid; FABP, fatty acid-binding protein; sCD23, soluble CD23; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.

^*Significant difference at p ≤ 0.05.