Effects of Awakening and the Use of Topical Dexamethasone and Levofloxacin on the Cytokine Levels in Tears Following Corneal Transplantation

Table 2

Correlation analysis between clinical and cytometry bead array data (geometric mean of the released cytokines) using unadjusted as well as adjusted estimation procedures (significant differences are shown in bold).

	IFN	IL-17	IL-10	CXCL8	IL-6	IL-13	IP-10	IL-1	RANTES
Age
Unadjusted correlation	−0.27 ( = 0.14)	−0.36 ( = 0.05)	−0.30 ( = 0.11)	0.64 ( )	0.26 ( = 0.16)	−0.003 ( = 0.99)	0.30 ( = 0.11)	−0.24 ( = 0.20)	−0.27 ( = 0.15)
Adjusted correlation	−0.35 ( )	−0.22 ( = 0.12)	−0.34 ( )	0.52 ( )	0.21 ( = 0.23)	−0.08 ( = 0.58)	0.28 ( = 0.10)	−0.21 ( = 0.18)	−0.28 ( = 0.09)
Gender
Unadjusted correlation	0.01 ( = 0.95)	−0.10 ( = 0.60)	−0.06 ( = 0.75)	−0.02 ( = 0.92)	0.08 ( = 0.69)	0.12 ( = 0.54)	0.01 ( = 0.95)	−0.08 ( = 0.66)	0.08 ( = 0.66)
Adjusted correlation	0.03 ( = 0.82)	0.06 ( = 0.65)	−0.01 ( = 0.93)	−0.15 ( = 0.30)	−0.11 ( = 0.51)	0.10 ( = 0.50)	−0.04 ( = 0.83)	−0.11 ( = 0.49)	0.03 ( = 0.88)
Total tear volume
Unadjusted correlation	−0.25 ( = 0.19)	−0.26 ( = 0.16)	−0.12 ( = 0.53)	−0.36 ( = 0.05)	0.03 ( = 0.88)	−0.60 ( )	−0.52 ( )	−0.09 ( = 0.63)	−0.19 ( = 0.32)
Adjusted correlation	−0.17 ( = 0.25)	−0.22 ( = 0.12)	−0.08 ( = 0.64)	−0.37 ( )	−0.09 ( = 0.61)	−0.31 ( )	−0.32 ( = 0.06)	0.06 ( = 0.68)	−0.12 ( = 0.45)