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Table 2 Laboratory results of children with GMPP and SMPP infections

From: A comparative study of general and severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Laboratory testing results

GMPP

SMPP

P value

n=206

n=211

WBC (10^9/L)

8.3 (6.9, 11)

10.3 (7.8, 14)

<0.001

Neutrophils%

57.7 (45.5, 65.3)

69.1 (58.3, 78.7)

<0.001

Lymphocytes%

33 (24.8, 43.9)

22.1 (14.2, 32.3)

<0.001

Monocytes%

7.9 (6.1, 25.2)

6.7 (4.7, 9.0)

<0.001

CRP (mg/L)

3.0 (0.8, 9.0)

13.7 (3.8, 36.3)

<0.001

PCT (ng/mL)

0.10 (0.07, 0.14)

0.14 (0.09, 0.30)

<0.001

CD3+ T cell%

73 (67, 77)

70 (63, 76)

0.124

CD4+ T cell%

41 (35, 46)

38 (31, 45)

0.070

CD8+ T cell%

24 (21, 28)

26 (21, 30)

0.192

CD19+ B cell%

17 (14, 21)

19 (14, 26)

0.053

Natural killer cell%

7.5 (5.1, 21.1)

6.4 (3.6, 10.0)

0.012

Interferon-γ (pg/mL)

5.7 (3.0, 9.0)

7.5 (3.9, 12.7)

<0.001

IL-2 (pg/mL)

1.5 (0.8, 2.8)

2.0 (1.0, 35)

0.016

IL-4 (pg/mL)

2.4 (1.5, 4.0)

2.6 (1.5, 4.3)

0.434

IL-5 (pg/mL)

1.2 (0.7, 2.0)

1.7 (0.9, 3.2)

<0.001

IL-6 (pg/mL)

10.9 (6.3, 17.4)

23.0 (10.7, 26.3)

<0.001

IL-8 (pg/mL)

7.7 (4.3, 12.0)

14.2 (7.5, 26.3)

<0.001

IL-10 (pg/mL)

4.2 (2.8, 6.1)

6.2 (3.8, 10.1)

<0.001

IL-12p70 (pg/mL)

3.7 (2.2, 6.5)

4.8 (2.6, 7.5)

0.059

IL-17A (pg/mL)

18.3 (14.2, 25.2)

18.5 (14.0, 25.8)

0.667

IL-1β (pg/mL)

3.7 (2.3, 6.9)

3.9 (2.1, 8.3)

0.411

Interferon-α (pg/mL)

4.6 (2.2, 11.3)

4.6 (2.3, 15.1)

0.341

TNF-α (pg/mL)

4.1 (2.7, 6.9)

4.4 (2.8, 7.9)

0.120

  1. Values are presented as median (IQR)
  2. WBC White blood cell, TNF Tumor necrosis factor, IL Interleukin, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT Procalcitonin