Table 6.
Biomarker concentrations detected in throat swabs and saliva samples.
| Biomarker | Throat swab | Saliva sponge | Saliva drool pot | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asymp -Min, Max, median (n) | Symp-Min, Max, median (n) | P Mann Whitney | Asymp -Min, Max, median (n) | Symp-Min, Max, median (n) | P Mann Whitney | Asymp -Min, Max, median (n) | Symp-Min, Max, median (n) | P Mann Whitney | |
| Calprotectin (pg/ml) | 160.0, 6427.2, 1806.3 (11) | 160.0, 35192.7, 3430.1 (39) | 0.81 | 513.9, 53465.3, 4252.2 (11) | 160.0, 3.52 x 108, 4730.5 (33) | 0.84 | 4935.5, 1.76 x 108, 27097.2 (5) | 1368.1, 55866.1, 5143.7 (23) | 0.04 |
| MMP8 (pg/ml) | 134.67, 5337.02, 485.28 (10) | 102.60, 73228.40, 900.30 (38) | 0.35 | 597.08, 53377.10, 7245,74 (11) | 615.72, 39971.70, 6263.86 (33) | 0.54 | 13186.30, 85996.80, 18358.15 (4) | 126.92, 122713.00, 13262.6 (24) | 0.26 |
| MMP9 (pg/ml) | 236.43, 4035.02, 975.23 (10) | 108.75, 33367.10, 1463.23 (38) | 0.53 | 384.94, 15143.30, 3200.26 (11) | 544.35, 14143.50, 4300.93 (33) | 0.58 | 5286.25, 12655.60, 7288.20 (4) | 96.02, 16240.50, 5228.25 (24) | 0.32 |
| CXCL10 (pg/ml) | 0.14, 121.52, 5.82 (11) | 0.14, 331.84, 0.95 (36) | 0.10 | 0.14,14.33, 0.93 (11) | 0.14,75.83, 7.53 (31) | 0.31 | 0.14,22.21, 0.14 (5) |
0.14, 127.99, 0.21 (22) |
0.66 |
| IFN b (pg/ml) | 0.86,3.20, 0.86 (11) | 0.86,10.90, 1.71, (36) | 0.31 | 0.86,10.01, 0.86 (11) | 0.86,25.90, 0.86(31) | 0.83 | 0.86,3.20, 0.86 (5) | 0.86,24.34, 0.86 (22) | 0.73 |
| IFN a (pg/ml) | 0.15,4.58, 1.98 (11) | 0.15,15.28, 2.37, (36) | 0.52 | 0.15,10.71, 0.78 (11) | 0.15,8.84, 0.78 (31) | 0.93 | 0.155.37, 0.15(5) | 0.1514.98, 1.61 (22) | 0.45 |
| IFN g (pg/ml) | 0.01,44.69, 1.23 (10) | 0.00, 28.87, 1.00 (38) | 0.59 | 0.01,1.46, 0.01 (8) | 0.01,14.31, 2.01 (32) | 0.04 | 0.01,0.01,0.01 (2) | 0.01,36.34, 0.96 (23) | 0.17 |
| NGAL (pg/ml) | 129.00, 21691.60, 2579.06 (11) | 28.69, 68311.20, 2830.32 (39) | 0.60 | 9410.52, 97010.40, 27569.40 (11) | 14.50, 51948.30, 10986.7 (33) | 0.01 | 30675.60, 8260000.00, 488 23.80(5) | 14.16, 239399.00, 15346 (24) | 0.06 |
| Elas2 (pg/ml) | 32.12 14362.20, 909.50 (11) | 7.03 147210.00, 1772.93(39) | 0.77 | 62.05 50368.20, 10627.10 (11) | 11.66 58211.90, 2782.35 (33) | 0.11 | 17504.80, 125905.00, 31106.40 (5) | 11.66 700515.00, 11413.06 (24) | 0.17 |
| IL17 (pg/ml) | 0.131.99, 0.13(10) | 0.13, 25.81, 0.13 (38) | 0.91 | 0.13,9.92, 0.13 (8) | 0.1324.17, 0.13(32) | 0.81 | 0.13,0.13, 0.13 (2) | 0.13,0.13, 28.41 (23) | 0.47 |
| IL1b (pg/ml) | 2.27, 230.17, 12.70 (10) | 0.05, 110.38, 4.77 (38) | 0.06 | 0.05,25.27, 2.51 (8) | 0.05,75.69, 6.10 (32) | 0.19 | 0.05,1.57, 0.81(2) | 0.05, 490.06, 7.13 (23) | 0.09 |
| IL21 (pg/ml) | 0.77,22.24, 4.56 (10) | 0.39,45.09, 1.35 (38) | 0.03 | 0.3915.38, 1.93 (8) | 0.39,37.08, 3.14 (32) | 0.31 | 0.39,6.54, 3.47 (2) | 0.3931.96, 2.50 (23) | 0.61 |
| IL6 (pg/ml) | 0.288.76, 2.05 (10) | 0.28,39.15, 2.19 (38) | 0.71 | 0.2810.77, 0.42 (8) | 0.2876.13, 2.86 (32) | 0.24 | 0.280.28, 0.28(2) | 0.28 289.56, 3.69 (23) | 0.12 |