Research Article
Plasma IL-6/IL-10 Ratio and IL-8, LDH, and HBDH Level Predict the Severity and the Risk of Death in AIDS Patients with Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Table 5
Comparisons of cytokines between nonsurvivors and survivors of AIDS PCP patients.
| Cytokines | Nonsurvivors () | Survivors () | value |
| IL-6, pg/mL | 4.85 ± 5.32 | 2.93 ± 4.98 | 0.075 | IL-1β, pg/mL | 1.55 ± 2.57 | 2.99 ± 5.55 | 0.609 | IL-8, pg/mL | 7.22 ± 6.51 | 3.95 ± 4.76 | 0.017 | IL-10, pg/mL | 4.31 ± 2.77 | 6.83 ± 8.62 | 0.632 | IL-17α, pg/mL | 0.39 ± 0.33 | 0.20 ± 0.24 | 0.109 | IL-18, pg/mL | 749.28 ± 540.36 | 340.02 ± 179.33 | 0.091 | MCP-1, pg/mL | 164.16 ± 126.94 | 164.11 ± 128.29 | 0.093 | IFNγ, pg/mL | 0.78 ± 1.28 | 2.41 ± 5.07 | 0.431 | IL-4, pg/mL | 1.36 ± 1.81 | 1.32 ± 2.95 | 0.279 | IL-12, pg/mL | 0.30 ± 0.47 | 0.28 ± 0.38 | 0.826 | IL-8/IL-10 | 2.45 ± 2.69 | 1.56 ± 2.8 | 0.059 | IL-1β/IL-10 | 0.23 ± 0.36 | 0.64 ± 1.32 | 0.658 | MCP1/IL-10 | 49.12 ± 26.97 | 49.37 ± 80.28 | 0.210 | IL-6/IL-10 | 1.11 ± 0.72 | 0.82 ± 1.37 | 0.043 |
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SD, IL, MCP1, and IFNγ as shown in Tables 1 and 2.
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