Research Article

Correlation between Plasma Interleukin-3, the α/β Globin Ratio, and Globin mRNA Stability

Table 4

Summary of the results.

ParameterStep 1 of sampling in Group 1
( = 15)
Mean (SD)
Step 2 of sampling in Group 1
( = 15)
Mean (SD)
Step 1 of sampling in Group 2
( = 17)
Mean (SD)
Step 2 of sampling in Group 2
( = 17)
Mean (SD)

  globin mRNA 1.00 (0.0)3.99 (5.10)1.00 (0.0)1.24 (1.16)
  globin mRNA 1.00 (0.0)3.73 (5.14)1.00 (0.0)1.23 (0.97)
  globin mRNA 1.00 (0.0)2.79 (3.08)1.00 (0.0)1.12 (0.84)
  globin 100.00 (0.0)129.87 (17.63)100.00 (0.0)100.11 (41.45)
  globin 100.00 (0.0)134.93 (72.46)100.00 (0.0)102.29 (46.56)
  globin 100.00 (0.0)105.07 (28.49)100.00 (0.0)98 (41.65)
  globin ratio1.083 (0.118)1.058 (0.129)0.99 (0.14)0.96 (0.13)
RBC4.69 (0.44)4.89 (0.36)4.83 (0.46)4.83 (0.42)
Hemoglobin13.58 (1.05)14.01 (0.96)13.95 (1.40)13.78 (1.34)
IL-325.67 (28.76)67.07 (75.60)46.64 (50.95)29.35 (23.28)
Ferritin52.87 (59.81)44.80 (51.51)57.00 (56.34)56.12 (66.37)
Concentrated reticulocyte2.13 (0.80)2.18 (0.75)1.87 (0.52)1.78 (0.52)