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. 2022 Dec 28;12:22471. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26965-7

Table 2.

Comparison of the Ella biomarkers across TDA clusters.

Variable Plasma log10 pg/mg, median (IQR) p-value*
Total Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3
CRP 6.75 (6.09, 7.62) 7.33 (6.67, 7.98) 6.43 (5.89, 7.11) 6.29 (5.68, 7.13)  < 0.001
CXCL10 2.17 (1.95, 2.37) 2.28 (1.94, 2.53) 2.1 (1.88, 2.28) 2.19 (2.09, 2.51) 0.02
d-dimer 5.69 (5.34, 6.23) 6.06 (5.68, 6.85) 5.49 (5.27, 5.87) 5.68 (5.3, 6.52)  < 0.001
Ferritin 5.3 (4.98, 5.65) 5.46 (5.07, 5.87) 5.17 (4.82, 5.37) 5.51 (5.31, 5.9)  < 0.001
IFNγ − 0.25 (− 0.45, 0) − 0.3 (− 0.58, 0) − 0.21 (− 0.39, 0) − 0.27 (− 0.46, 0.02) 0.11
IL1Ra 2.85 (2.56, 3.11) 3.01 (2.84, 3.37) 2.67 (2.5, 2.97) 2.69 (2.4, 2.92)  < 0.001
IL5 − 0.56 (− 0.86, 0.34) − 0.57 (− 0.95, − 0.4) − 0.57 (− 0.81, − 0.31) − 0.51 (− 0.85, − 0.24) 0.69
IL6 0.26 (0.01, 0.63) 0.52 (0.24, 1.1) 0.07 (− 0.13, 0.43) 0.26 (0.05, 0.6)  < 0.001
Procalcitonin 1.78 (1.63, 2) 1.92 (1.7, 2.25) 1.69 (1.59, 1.86) 1.92 (1.77, 2.1)  < 0.001
RAGE 2.93 (2.78, 3.04) 2.76 (2.58, 2.87) 3.02 (2.92, 3.09) 3 (2.8, 3.07)  < 0.001
TNFR1 3.03 (2.95, 3.18) 3.15 (3.01, 3.3) 2.98 (2.91, 3.08) 3.04 (2.97, 3.16)  < 0.001
VEGFA 1.64 (1.43, 1.92) 1.9 (1.57, 2.12) 1.58 (1.43, 1.76) 1.25 (0.8, 1.52)  < 0.001

For each subject, one sample was selected based on highest coefficient of variation.

*Distributions among all clusters compared using a Kruskal–Wallis test.

Significant values are in bold.