Journal of Immunology Research / 2017 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Serum Cytokine Levels and Their Relation to Clinical Features in Patients with Autoimmune Liver Diseases Table 4 Spearman rank correlations between laboratory variables and serum cytokine levels measured. Numbers given are
values. Statistically significant correlations are marked with italic font.
Total bilirubin ESR AST AlkP Albumin γ -GlobulinAILD IL-2 −0.28 (0.034) 0.03 (0.84) −0.17 (0.21) −0.16 (0.27) 0.07 (0.67) 0.09 (0.57) IL-4 −0.04 (0.75) 0.16 (0.25) −0.04 (0.80) 0.07 (0.65) 0.14 (0.37) −0.04 (0.80) IL-6 0.23 (0.08) 0.10 (0.46) 0.02 (0.88) −0.12 (0.43) −0.30 (0.044) 0.25 (0.10) IL-8 0.42 (0.001) 0.41 (0.002) 0.32 (0.018) 0.45 (0.001) −0.33 (0.026) 0.18 (0.23) TNF-α 0.18 (0.17) −0.07 (0.59) 0.11 (0.44) 0.12 (0.40) −0.13 (0.41) 0.08 (0.61) AIH IL-2 −0.25 (0.18) −0.13 (0.50) −0.37 (0.052) −0.18 (0.39) 0.13 (0.53) −0.06 (0.79) IL-4 −0.21 (0.27) −0.14 (0.47) −0.14 (0.48) −0.45 (0.023) 0.26 (0.20) −0.07 (0.72) IL-6 0.24 (0.20) 0.02 (0.90) 0.20 (0.30) 0.22 (0.29) −0.29 (0.15) 0.02 (0.92) IL-8 0.43 (0.017) 0.32 (0.09) 0.40 (0.032) 0.37 (0.07) −0.32 (0.11) 0.20 (0.32) TNF-α −0.09 (0.63) −0.36 (0.05) 0.05 (0.79) 0.03 (0.90) −0.14 (0.50) 0.15 (0.47) Overlap syndrome IL-2 −0.33 (0.08) 0.38 (0.07) −0.03 (0.87) −0.19 (0.38) 0.05 (0.86) 0.11 (0.65) IL-4 0.21 (0.28) 0.31 (0.14) −0.07 (0.74) −0.01 (0.97) −0.12 (0.62) 0.20 (0.41) IL-6 0.27 (0.16) 0.49 (0.014) −0.09 (0.67) −0.20 (0.36) −0.39 (0.10) 0.46 (0.046) IL-8 0.34 (0.08) 0.27 (0.19) 0.09 (0.66) 0.19 (0.37) −0.41 (0.08) 0.25 (0.31) TNF-α 0.56 (0.002) 0.28 (0.17) 0.22 (0.27) 0.21 (0.32) −0.12 (0.62) 0.09 (0.90)
AILD: autoimmune liver disease; AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; IL: interleukin; TNF-α : tumour necrosis factor-alpha; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; AlkP: alkaline phosphatase.