A preliminary study on the characteristics of Th1/Th2 immune response in cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis

Table 3 Linear regression analysis of CSF cytokine in different time and clinical outcome

Cytokine	Item	β (95% CI)	Wald χ²	P value
IL-2	Time
	Baseline	0^a
	Week 2	−0.079(−0.141,-0.017)	6.190	0.013
	Week 4	−0.044(−0.145,0.058)	0.711	0.399
	Outcome
	Survival	0^a
	Death	0.030(−0.044,0.104)	0.622	0.430
IL-13	Time
	Baseline	0^a
	Week 2	−1.039(−1.910,-0.168)	5.466	0.019
	Week 4	2.137(−3.364,7.638)	0.580	0.446
	Outcome
	Survival	0^a
	Death	−1.475(−3.066,0.116)	3.304	0.069
IL-17A	Time
	Baseline	0^a
	Week 2	−0.209(−0.360,-0.058)	7.327	0.007
	Week 4	−0.145(−0.311,0.021)	2.929	0.087
	Outcome
	Survival	0^a
	Death	0.239(−0.038,0.516)	2.849	0.091
VEGF-A	Time
	Baseline	0^a
	Week 2	−0.053(−0.101,-0.005)	4.619	0.032
	Week 4	−0.103(− 0.196,-0.010)	4.713	0.030
	Outcome
	Survival	0^a
	Death	−0.130(−0.293,0.033)	2.456	0.117

IL Interleukin, VEGF-A Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, ^a Set to zero because this parameter is redundant

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