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

SD, IL, MCP1, and IFNγ as shown in Tables 1 and 2.