Table 4: Comparison between the levels of studied
inflammatory biomarkers on admission and after 72 hours according to the
outcome on the 14th day$.
Biomarkers |
Stages |
Outcome
on the 14th day |
p
value |
||
Non-survivors (8;
24.2%) |
Survivors
(25; 75.8%) |
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On
room air (14;
43%) |
On
O2 therapy or CPAP (11; 33%) |
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IL-6
(pg/ml) |
Admission |
376 .0 (26.3-511) |
9.8 (0.1-39.4) |
6.8 (0.3-14.2) |
x2 = 4.846 P = 0.089 |
72
hours |
1.6 (0.1-187.6) |
0.1 (0.1-0.3) |
7.2 (0.1-41.3) |
x2 = 7.003 p = 0.03* |
|
IL-8
(pg/ml) |
Admission |
29.2 (9.1-164.5) |
14.4 (10.4-26.1) |
16.8 (9.6-28.9) |
x2 = 0.447 p = 0.799 |
72
hours |
13.9 (4.8-23.6) |
12.7 (7.9-24.8) |
28.2 (13.0-55.6) |
x2 = 3.125 p = 0.2 |
|
CRP
(mg/L) |
Admission |
2.4 (2.5-3.3) |
2.4 (2.0-3.4) |
3.0 (1.9-3.5) |
x2 = 0.844 p = 0.656 |
72
hours |
1.8 (0.7-2.3) |
1.4 (0.2-2.2) |
2.5 (2.0-2.8) |
x2 = 4.687 p = 0.096 |
IL-6: interleukin-6, IL-8:
interleukin-8, CRP: C-reactive protein, O2: oxygen, CPAP: continuous
positive airway pressure, x2: Kruskal
Wallis test, $ all data are presented in median and interquartile
range (IQR), *significant at p ≤ 0.05.