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Table 3 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)

0.331*

0.297**

Day 2

0.115

0.717*

Day 3

-0.069

0.320

Day 4

-0.170

0.284

Day 5

-0.041

0.598*

Day 6

-0.107

-0.097

Day 7

-0.181

-0.196

Day 8

0.135

0.206

Day 9

0.196

-0.085

Day 10

0.015

-0.122

Day 11

0.112

-0.089

Day 12

0.192

-0.410

Day 13

0.124

-0.197

Day 14

0.195

-0.301

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