Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 2 Association between CT scores and cytokines in patients with DM RP-ILD

From: Relevance of interferon-gamma in pathogenesis of life-threatening rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in patients with dermatomyositis

	ρ	p value
CT scores (F)
IFN-γ	0.10	0.80
IL-1β	− 0.68	0.05
IL-6	0.35	0.36
IL-12	− 0.14	0.71
TNF-α	− 0.43	0.25
IL-2	− 0.17	0.67
IL-4	− 0.07	0.85
IL-8	− 0.56	0.12
IL-10	−0.49	0.18
IFN-α	− 0.15	0.70
CT scores (G)
IFN-γ	0.69	0.04
IL-1β	0.14	0.72
IL-6	0.24	0.53
IL-12	0.10	0.80
TNF-α	− 0.21	0.59
IL-2	− 0.45	0.22
IL-4	0.07	0.86
IL-8	− 0.12	0.76
IL-10	− 0.53	0.14
IFN-α	− 0.35	0.35

DM dermatomyositis, RP-ILD rapidly progressive-interstitial lung disease, CT computed tomography, G ground glass opacity, F fibrosis, IFN interferon, IL interleukin, TNF tumor necrosis factor

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