Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients
Table 3
Relationship between the serum levels of cytokines in adult patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis () based on Spearman’s rank correlation. The values shown are the correlation coefficients.
TNF-
GM-CSF
IL-1
IL-2
IL-4
IL-5
IL-6
IL-8
IL-10
IL-12
IL-15
IL-17
IFN-
.729
.741
.723
.058
.018
.252
.732
.551
.335
−.193
−.025
.178
TNF-
.828
.724
.081
.055
.217
.674
.577
.315
−.035
.119
−.103
GM-CSF
.723
.062
−.012
.230
.794
.651
.210
−.063
.075
−.051
IL-1
.213
.312
.287
.687
.539
.275
−.109
.208
.154
IL-2
.150
.275
.076
−.028
.181
.183
.454
.086
IL-4
.061
−.012
.068
.034
−.207
.037
.251
IL-5
.138
.261
.241
.022
.188
−.134
IL-6
.597
.066
−.038
−.050
.050
IL-8
.123
−.011
−.057
.076
IL-10
−.043
.068
.218
IL-12
.459
−.171
IL-15
.011
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
