Skip to main content

Table 3 Cytokine levels at baseline before and at the beginning of the first clinical symptoms of post-transplant related infections

From: Cytokine serum levels during post-transplant adverse events in 61 pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Post-transplant-adverse event

Serum level

Before post-transplant adverse event

Post-transplant adverse event

 
  

Median

Range

Median

Range

P-value

Sepsis

IL-6 pg/ml

11.90

2.0 – 73.6

133.00

23.6 – 2856

0.0020

 

IL-8 pg/ml

40.0

9.0 – 212.0

650.0

73.4 – 10,385

0.0020

 

IL-10 pg/ml

7.20

3.6 – 55.9

16.70

14.3 – 98.8

0.0625

 

sIL-2R U/ml

1780.0

973 – 5933

4899.0

1387 – 9680

0.0156

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.14

0.1 – 1.99

1.51

0.17 – 3.54

0.0625

 

TNF-α pg/ml

5.6

4.0 – 25.7

26.9

6.0 – 204.0

0.0078

Bacteremia

IL-6 pg/ml

3.7

2 – 205

13.8

2.5 – 267

<0.0001

 

IL-8 pg/ml

21.1

7.5 – 220

35.2

7.70 – 954

0.0006

 

IL-10 pg/ml

4.0

1.1 – 26.2

5.5

1.0 – 62.3

0.059

 

sIL-2R U/ml

1306.0

296 – 6690

1423

414 – 6689

0.2023

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.1

0.1 – 0.35

0.20

0.10 – 1.08

0.0026

 

TNF-α pg/ml

8.9

4.0 – 26.4

10.8

4.0 – 456

0.0007

Viremia

IL-6 pg/ml

9.2

2.0 – 83.2

11.30

2.0 – 113

0.0008

 

IL-8 pg/ml

16.00

6.7 – 67.10

18.40

5.0 – 295

0.1867

 

IL-10 pg/ml

4.10

1.0 – 35.9

4.5

1.0 – 134

0.3884

 

sIL-2R U/ml

1561.0

461 – 4666

1409

322 – 7284.0

0.7676

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.1

0.1 – 0.87

0.2

0.1 – 1.48

0.1755

 

TNF-α pg/ml

11.9

4.0 – 127.0

12.2

4.0 – 137.0

0.2909

Fungemia

IL-6 pg/ml

5.00

2.0 – 16.0

7.75

2.0 – 267.0

0.1272

 

IL-8 pg/ml

23.2

5.0 – 99.9

22.35

5.0 – 243.0

0.5688

 

IL-10 pg/ml

3.35

1.6 – 5.1

4.90

2.3 – 39.6

0.4375

 

sIL-2R U/ml

1180.0

397 – 2365

1037.0

322 – 3195

0.1289

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.1

0.1 – 0.43

0.15

0.1 – 1.01

0.5312

 

TNF-α pg/ml

10.9

4.0 – 89.1

9.5

4.0 – 61.1

0.2891

  1. P-value: statistical comparison between baseline measurements and during post-transplant adverse events by the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed rank test