| |
Age (years)
|
CRP (mg/L)
|
TNF-alpha (pg/mL)
|
IL-6 (Rank order)a
|
IL-10 (pg/mL)
|
|---|
|
Hsp70 (ng/mL)
| | | | | |
|
Patients (n = 90)
|
-0.106
|
0.379**
|
0.145
|
0.287**
|
0.045
|
|
Controls (n = 200)
|
-0.194**
|
NA
|
-0.035
|
-0.118
|
-0.041
|
|
IL-10 (pg/mL)
| | | | | |
|
Patients (n = 90)
|
-0.051
|
0.223*
|
0.327**
|
0.234*
| |
|
Controls (n = 200)
|
-0.185**
|
NA
|
0.162*
|
0.073
| |
|
IL-6 (Rankorder)
a
| | | | | |
|
Patients (n = 90)
|
0.117
|
0.699**
|
0.354**
| | |
|
Controls (n = 200)
|
0.421**
|
NA
|
0.332**
| | |
|
TNF-alpha (pg/mL)
| | | | | |
|
Patients (n = 90)
|
0.110
|
0.303**
| | | |
|
Controls (n = 200)
|
0.149*
|
NA
| | | |
|
CRP (mg/L)
| | | | | |
|
Patients (n = 90)
|
-0.029
| | | | |
|
Controls (n = 200)
|
NA
| | | | |
- NA = not applicable; aSerum samples with the concentration of IL-6 lower than 7.8 pg/mL, which was the lower detection limit for the standard IL-6 kit, were re-analysed using the high-sensitive IL-6 kit with a detection limit of 0.16 pg/mL. In order to bring results for IL-6 obtained by the standard and high-sensitivity assays together, a ranking method was applied whereby the values obtained with the high-sensitivity kit were ranked from low to high followed by the values obtained with the standard kit from low to high. Values represent Spearman's rho correlation coefficients, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001.