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Table 2 CSF cytokine levels for all patients and by amyloid group

From: Associations of cerebrospinal fluid amyloidogenic nanoplaques with cytokines in Alzheimer’s disease

 

All (n = 111)

A- (n = 49)

A+ (n = 62)

P

Continuous markers (pg/mL), median (Q1; Q3)a

 Eotaxin-1

3.95 (3.27; 4.72)

3.93 (3.48; 4.72)

3.97 (3.16; 4.49)

0.73

 G-CSF

15.75 (6.37; 27.94)

11.79 (5.16; 29.2)

16.24 (8.33; 25.91)

0.46

 IL-6

1.51 (1.00; 2.31)

1.44 (1.09; 2.45)

1.54 (1.00; 2.06)

0.58

 IL-8

20.59 (17.58; 25.44)

20.58 (18.11; 25.12)

20.66 (17.33; 25.44)

0.54

 IP-10

1740 (1333; 2196)

1845 (1333; 2205)

1652 (1342; 2118)

0.49

 MCP-1

153.87 (127.44; 177.55)

142.39 (127.44; 177.34)

154.64 (129.57; 177.72)

0.61

 MIP-1α

0.33 (0.2; 0.42)

0.31 (0.17; 0.40)

0.34 (0.23; 0.49)

0.10

Dichotomised markers, n (% detected)b

 

 MIP-1β

34 (30.63)

16 (32.65)

18 (29.03)

0.68

 IL-7

40 (36.04)

17 (34.69)

23 (37.10)

0.79

  1. G-CSF granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, IL interleukin, IP interferon gamma-induced protein, MCP monocyte chemoattractant protein, MIP macrophage inflammatory protein, n number of patients, Q quartile
  2. aTwo-tailed Mann-Whitney U test was used for group comparisons, bχ2-test was used for group comparisons