Table 3 Spearman correlation analysis of serum levels of HDL, small HDL class, and HDL 10 subfraction at T2 versus IL-6 and T lymphocyte populations in subgroup 1.

From: Serum HDL subfractions are impaired by COVID-19 vaccine in patients with thymic epithelial tumors

 

HDL

Small HDL

HDL 10

p value

rs

p value

rs

p value

rs

IL-6 (pg/ml) T0

0.080

− 0.364

0.420

− 0.172

0.696

− 0.084

IL-6 (pg/mL) T2

0.008

− 0.525

0.019

− 0.475

0.030

− 0.444

Lymphocytes (%) T0

0.972

0.008

0.119

0.327

0.125

0.322

Lymphocytes (%) T2

0.834

0.045

0.377

0.189

0.357

0.196

T lymphocytes (%) T0

0.820

− 0.049

0.583

0.117

0.406

0.177

T lymphocytes (%) T2

0.522

0.137

0.181

0.282

0.211

0.264

Activated T (%) T0

0.745

0.070

0.434

− 0.167

0.593

− 0.115

Activated T (%) T2

0.901

− 0.026

0.023

− 0.460

0.064

− 0.383

Activated Th 1 (%) T0

0.542

− 0.130

0.788

0.057

0.518

0.138

Activated Th 1 (%) T2

0.138

− 0.312

0.299

− 0.220

0.573

− 0.120

Activated Th 17 (%) T0

0.855

− 0.039

0.479

− 0.151

0.449

− 0.162

Activated Th 17 (%) T2

0.033

− 0.435

0.276

− 0.231

0.191

− 0.276

Regulatory T cells (%) T0

0.792

0.056

0.511

− 0.141

0.466

− 0.156

Regulatory T cells (%) T2

0.969

− 0.008

0.002

− 0.589

0.003

− 0.573

  1. IL: interleukin; rs: Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Significant values are in bold.