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Table 7 Correlation of selected cytokines with cholesterol subfractions in male and female subgroups of MS patients after controlling for age and BMI (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01)

From: Lipoprotein profiling in early multiple sclerosis patients: effect of chronic inflammation?

Controls

 

IL-1β

IL-2

IL-4

IL-5

IL-6

IL-7

IL-8

IL-10

IL-12

IL-13

IL-17

G-CSF

GM-CSF

IFN-γ

TNF-α

VLDL (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

−0.797 *

NS

NS

IDL-A (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.950 **

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

IDL-B (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.884 *

NS

NS

F

0.738 *

0.793 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.773 *

NS

0.721 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

IDL-C (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

LDL1 (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

0.818 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

LDL2 (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.869 *

NS

NS

NS

0.816 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.847 *

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

LDL1–2 (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.880 *

NS

NS

NS

0.811 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

LDL3–7 (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

L-HDL (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

−0.718 *

−0.712 *

−0.823 *

−0.722 *

−0.771 *

−0.807 *

NS

−0.745 *

NS

NS

−0.882 **

NS

−0.726 *

I-HDL (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

0.878 **

0.865 **

0.765 *

0.826 *

0.718 *

0.732 *

0.817 *

0.788 *

0.887 **

0.753 *

0.845 **

NS

0.865 **

0.757 *

0.790 *

S-HDL (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Total HDL (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

−0.784 *

NS

NS

−0.744 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

−0.787 *

NS

NS

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

M

NS

NS

0.773 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

0.725 *

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

F

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

−0.722 *

NS

−0.731 *

NS

NS

NS