Antigen-Specific IFN-γ Responses Correlate with the Activity of M. tuberculosis Infection but Are Not Associated with the Severity of Tuberculosis Disease

Table 2

Correlations between IFN- responses and TB disease severity.

TB characteristics	rho/-value	IFN-	IFN-	IFN-	IFN-	QFT results
Forms of pulmonary pathology	rho	0.045	−0.239	−0.352	−0.235	−0.091
	value	0.713	0.080	0.004	0.084	0.521
TB extent	rho	0.050	−0.165	−0.395	−0.156	−0.060
	value	0.694	0.253	0.001	0.286	0.650
The degree of pulmonary destruction	rho	0.108	−0.080	−0.226	−0.063	−0.024
	value	0.485	0.576	0.095	0.643	0.842
The degree of bacteria excretion	rho	0.077	−0.201	−0.125	−0.209	−0.213
	value	0.579	0.144	0.398	0.125	0.121
The degree of intoxication	rho	0.084	−0.178	−0.195	−0.173	−0.099
	value	0.558	0.212	0.156	0.227	0.497
Age	rho	0.391	−0.020	0.101	−0.066	−0.094
	value	0.001	0.855	0.497	0.633	0.516

Correlations were analysed using nonparametric Spearman test with Benjamini-Hochberg correction. Significant correlations are shown in bold.