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Table 3 Correlation of serum and urinary interleukins with patients’ characteristics at enrollment

From: High urinary interleukin-2 in late post-transplant period portends a risk of decline in kidney allograft function: a preliminary study

Parameter

IL-2

IL-2/Cr

IL-8

IL-8/Cr

IL-10

IL-10/Cr

Recipient age at baseline

− 0.425a

0.021b

Recipient gender

Deceased donor

0.480

0.018

Impaired initial function

0.319

0.129

Previous acute rejection

Time post-transplant

− 0.463

0.012

Serum creatinine

0.444

0.016

0.409

0.028

eGFR at baseline

− 0.368

0.049

− 0.396

0.055

− 0.321

0.089

− 0.301

0.112

Serum urea

0.323

0.088

0.436

0.019

0.371

0.074

0.341

0.070

0.365

0.052

Proteinuria/Cr

0.705

< 0.001

0.371

0.047

0.338

0.072

Diuresis

Mean arterial pressure

0.340

0.071

0.349

0.095

0.316

0.095

  1. –, none or weak correlation (rho < 0.3); IL-2, interleukin 2; IL-8, interleukin 8; IL-10, interleukin 10; Cr, creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate
  2. aSpearman’s correlation coefficient (rho)
  3. bLevel of statistical significance (p)