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Table 3 Impact of the characteristics of COVID-19 patients on the six selected immune factors (IL-2. IFN-γ. IP-10 induced all by Spike; RANTES induced by NP Pool1; IP-10 induced by NP Pool2; IL-2 induced by ORF3a)

From: Exploratory analysis to identify the best antigen and the best immune biomarkers to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

Characteristics

NP Pool1 RANTES

Spike INF-γ

Spike IP-10

NP Pool2 IP-10

ORF3a IL-2

Spike IL-2

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Median (IQR)

rs

p

Gender

 Male

540 (302–928)

Na

0.935

164 (110–262)

Na

0.194

1390 (375–4608)

Na

0.33

1349 (0–5328)

Na

0.513

59 (41–153)

Na

0.67

33 (9–100)

Na

0.935

 Female

622 (0–1422)

64 (7–166)

385 (224–1677)

2919 (580–6123)

76 (24–132)

29 (9–89)

Age

Na

− 0.65

0.001

Na

0.03

0.893

Na

− 0.14

0.513

Na

− 0.06

0.792

Na

− 0.15

0.519

Na

0

0.989

Cortisone

 No

894 (302–1025)

Na

0.042

131 (51–208)

Na

0.484

1107 (375–3145)

Na

0.779

1136 (0–2464)

Na

0.34

53 (29–132)

Na

0.376

42 (9–100)

Na

0.916

 Yes

380 (0–424)

166 (116–243)

1394 (81–2629)

3025 (140–8414)

109 (47–153)

25 (12–54)

Sympotms

 No

237 (0–1025)

Na

0.391

208 (0–262)

Na

0.92

375 (0–1107)

Na

0.191

0 (0–0)

Na

0.036

62 (9–67)

Na

0.427

9 (1–42)

Na

0.159

 Yes

588 (302–928)

147 (110–243)

1510 (289–4608)

1684 (140–5328)

56 (32–153)

46 (12–132)

 Days from onset sympotms

Na

− 0.21

0.405

Na

0.2

0.416

Na

0.35

0.15

Na

0.41

0.093

Na

0.8

0

Na

0.72

0.001

Severity of disease

 asy/mild/

770 (456–1135)

Na

0.015

147 (114–235)

Na

0.548

1510 (890–4488)

Na

0.061

1684 (0–6464)

Na

0.567

62 (32–156)

Na

0.647

37 (10–120)

Na

0.462

 mod

 sev/crit

260 (0–414)

116 (7–243)

289 (0–2307)

1136 (18–2464)

56 (22–125)

16 (0–80)

Lymphocytes (× 103)

 Percentage

Na

0.43

0.042

Na

0.46

0.026

Na

0.41

0.052

Na

0.06

0.772

Na

0.23

0.299

Na

0.22

0.309

 Number

Na

0.28

0.204

Na

0.11

0.631

Na

0.1

0.653

Na

− 0.05

0.83

Na

0.08

0.727

Na

− 0.08

0.727

Serology

 IgG index

Na

− 0.12

0.594

Na

− 0.12

0.596

Na

− 0.15

0.499

Na

0.17

0.433

Na

0.19

0.385

Na

0.24

0.271

  IgG score

   Negative

491 (281–1153)

Na

0.975

162 (106–345)

Na

0.917

2251 (882–5219)

Na

0.386

2091 (0–3896)

Na

0.823

87 (28–147)

Na

0.384

37 (6–90)

Na

0.351

   Positive

540 (237–1013)

131 (116–208)

902 (289–2629)

1136 (26–5385)

64 (41–139)

42 (12–132)

   Doubtful

671 (414–928)

125 (7–243)

1153 (0–2307)

683 (18–1349)

33 (20–47)

8 (0–16)

 IgM index

Na

0.13

0.563

 

0.21

0.333

Na

0.29

0.157

Na

0.59

0.003

Na

0.45

0.038

Na

0.46

0.028

  IgM score

   Negative

414 (260–1013)

Na

0.666

116 (51–243)

Na

0.538

877 (0–2307)

Na

0.157

18 (0–1960)

Na

0.017

47 (24–117)

Na

0.2

11 (1–54)

Na

0.036

   Positive

588 (331–1084)

147 (119–237)

1868 (692–4488)

3462 (946–7979)

102 (41–157)

46 (23–135)

  1. Bold values indicate p values<0.05
  2. Mann-Whitney or Kruskall-Wallis Test for categorical variables; Spearman’s correlation for continuous variables
  3. rs : Sperman’s correlation coefficient; Asy/mild/mod: asymptomatic/mild/moderate; Sev/crit: severe/critical; Na: not applicable