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Table 2 Pairwise pearson correlation values between cytokine concentrations and age, sex, and BMI

From: Localized cytokine responses to total knee arthroplasty and total knee revision complications

Cytokine

Primary TKA

Aseptic TKR

Septic TKR

Age

Sex

BMI

Age

Sex

BMI

Age

Sex

BMI

IL-1α

0.00

0.47

0.28

0.20

0.22

− 0.54

− 0.15

0.25

− 0.05

IL-1β

− 0.19

− 0.06

− 0.04

− 0.30

− 0.30

0.08

0.03

0.26

0.05

IL-6

0.00

− 0.09

− 0.12

0.03

− 0.19

− 0.21

0.00

0.22

− 0.02

IL-8

0.03

0.59

0.25

0.06

− 0.07

− 0.32

− 0.13

0.14

− 0.14

MCP-1

0.04

0.13

0.14

− 0.18

− 0.44

0.45

− 0.07

0.20

− 0.15

MIP-1α

− 0.10

0.13

− 0.04

− 0.05

− 0.30

0.09

0.33

0.08

− 0.13

MIP-1β

− 0.04

0.19

0.03

0.23

− 0.06

− 0.38

0.21

0.13

− 0.16

IL-10

− 0.26

0.29

0.17

− 0.31

0.00

− 0.20

− 0.11

− 0.25

0.30

IL-12p70

− 0.06

0.02

0.03

− 0.03

0.49

− 0.32

− 0.30

− 0.18

0.33

IL-13

− 0.19

0.49

0.28

− 0.06

0.41

− 0.06

− 0.22

− 0.23

0.22

IL-17A

0.00

− 0.08

− 0.31

0.31

0.85

− 0.45

− 0.34

0.06

0.32

IL-4

− 0.32

0.20

0.29

0.34

0.35

− 0.55

0.21

0.02

− 0.11

TNF-α

− 0.22

0.34

0.25

0.45

0.72

− 0.38

− 0.45

− 0.12

0.25

  1. The pairwise correlation values are listed for each of the three groups: primary TKA, aseptic TKR, and septic TKR. Pearson correlation values are rounded to two decimal places. No correlations were found to be significant at the p < 0.05 level after Bonferroni’s correction