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Table 2 Correlation matrix of cytokine production versus stroke severity and outcome

From: Clinical outcome following acute ischaemic stroke relates to both activation and autoregulatory inhibition of cytokine production

 

Minimum cytokine production in first week

 

IL-1β

IL-6

TNF-α

 

r

p

r

p

r

p

Admission NIHSS

-0.45

0.008

-0.48

0.003

-0.36

0.04

5–7 day NIHSS

-0.34

0.05

-0.30

0.08

-0.27

0.1

Infarct volume

-0.43

0.03

-0.37

0.06

-0.31

0.1

3 month mRS

-0.63

< 0.001

-0.58

< 0.001

-0.48

0.005

1 year mRS

-0.65

< 0.001

-0.65

< 0.001

-0.55

0.002

3 month BI

0.59

< 0.001

0.57

< 0.001

0.47

0.008

1 year BI

0.62

< 0.001

0.65

< 0.001

0.55

0.002

  1. r values are Rank Spearman correlation coefficients