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Table 3 Inflammatory mediator profiles

From: Comprehensive bronchoalveolar lavage characterization in COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a prospective cohort study

Inflammatory mediators

CARDS cases

(n = 16)

IC controls

(n = 12)

Healthy controls

(n = 12)

p-valuea

IFN-α1

7 (6, 8)

9 (7, 11)

7 (6, 7)

0.065

IFN-α16

12 (10, 30)

30 (26, 30)

11 (11, 30)

0.2

IFN-α17

8.7 (7.9, 10.6)

9.4 (8.4, 10.6)

8.2 (7.4, 9.0)

0.13

IFN-α2

9 (8, 10)

9 (9,11)

8 (8, 9)

0.2

IFN-α6

7.7 (7.0, 9.0)

8.2 (7.4, 9.2)

7.0 (6.6, 7.5)

0.2

IFN-α7

7.21 (6.86, 9.03)

9.35 (8.14,10.00)

7.19 (6.89, 7.82)

0.024

IFN-α8

9 (8, 10)

9 (8, 10)

8 (7, 8)

0.038

IFN-β1

8 (8, 10)

8 (8, 10)

8 (7, 9)

0.3

IFN-γ

30 (30, 30)

30 (-11, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.041

IL10

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (26, 30)

0.2

IL-12α

30 (30,30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.7

IL-12β

30 (21, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.4

IL-13

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.094

IL-15

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

> 0.9

IL-16

30 (30, 30)

22 (12, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.3

IL-17α

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.3

IL-18

30 (30, 30)

30 (26, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.2

IL-1 A

30 (25, 30)

30 (12, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.068

IL-1β

10 (8, 30)

12 (11, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.005

IL-2

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.5

IL-3

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.5

IL-4

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.2

IL-5

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.7

IL-6

30 (25, 30)

30 (26, 30)

30 (10, 30)

0.6

IL-8

21 (8, 30)

12 (10, 30)

30 (13, 30)

0.3

IL-9

12 (10, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (14, 30)

0.014

LTA

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.3

TNF

30 (16, 30)

30 (11, 30)

30 (30, 30)

0.2

  1. Data are presented as median (IQR) ΔCt
  2. CARDS COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome, IC immunocompromised, IFN interferon, IL interleukin, LTA lymphotoxin-alpha, TNF tumor necrosis factor
  3. aKruskal-Wallis rank sum test. Inflammatory mediators with significant difference among the groups are marked in bold