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Table 2 Correlation of systemic plasma IL-6 values with injury severity and the incidence of MODS during the clinical course

From: Interleukin-6 as inflammatory marker referring to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in severely injured children

 

Correlation coefficient

Correlation coefficient

 

Injury severity (ISS)

MODS incidence

Day 1 (Admission)

0.522*

0.180

Day 2

0.253

0.445*

Day 3

0.061

0.437*

Day 4

-0.126

0.295

Day 5

0.001

0.495**

Day 6

-0.156

0.047

Day 7

-0.123

0.043

Day 8

0.081

0.296

Day 9

0.189

0.210

Day 10

-0.172

0.112

Day 11

0.002

0.035

Day 12

0.334

-0.494

Day 13

0.227

-0.323

Day 14

0.521

-0.829

  1. (Spearman rank correlation; *p < 0.01, **p < 0.05).