Correlations of Expression Levels of a Panel of Genes (IRF5, STAT4, TNFSF4, MECP2, and TLR7) and Cytokine Levels (IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IFN-γ, and TNF-α) with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Outcomes in Jordanian Patients

Table 4

Correlations between studied cytokines in SLE patients. Correlations were performed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

Cytokines	R&P	IFN-γ	IL-2	IL-12	IL-6	IL-10
TNF-α	R	0.601	0.286	0.419	0.014	−0.251
		0.000	0.042	0.002	0.924	0.075
IFN-γ	R		0.189	0.455	0.056	−0.008
			0.185	0.001	0.696	0.956
IL-2	R			0.179	−0.092	−0.011
				0.208	0.521	0.940
IL-12	R				−0.020	0.102
					0.887	0.475
IL-6	R					0.384
						0.005

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).