Table 1 Comparison of levels of IL-6, IL-10, IL-6/IL-10 ratio, and miR-155 relative expression between all COVID-19 patients (n = 75) and controls (n = 25).

From: Role of immune-inflammatory biomarkers and their derived ratio in predicting COVID-19 severity and mortality

 

Controls

COVID-19

Mann-Whitney test

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Z

p-value

IL-6 (pg/mL)

4.00

2.50

-

5.00

75.00

51.00

-

125.00

7.461

< 0.001*

IL-10 (pg/mL)

5.50

5.00

-

5.80

45.00

24.50

-

65.00

7.467

< 0.001*

IL-6/IL-10 ratio

0.71

0.50

-

0.95

1.83

0.96

-

3.75

4.418

< 0.001*

MiR-155-fold expression

2.09

0.28

-

2.24

8.96

6.34

-

17.33

7.262

< 0.001*

  1. Abbreviations: IL: Interleukin.
  2. *p-value < 0.05 is significant.
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