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Table 4 Soluble receptor and IL-1RA concentrations pre-cART and longitudinally over 12 weeks, categorized by neuropathic symptom status

From: Plasma cytokine profiles in HIV-1 infected patients developing neuropathic symptoms shortly after commencing antiretroviral therapy: a case-control study

Cytokine

Time point

Time effect

Group effect

Median (IQR) (pg/mL)

Neuropathic symptom-group Median (IQR) (pg/mL)

Control group Median (IQR) (pg/mL)

sIL-1RI

Baseline

29.6 (23.1; 41.0)

33.3 (23.2; 43.1)

25.5 (23.0; 34.3)

 

Week 2

34.0 (26.6; 45.6)

36.9 (29.0; 48.3)

33.6 (25.2; 39.5)

 

Week 4

37.6 (28.2; 45.6)

37.5 (27.4; 46.1)

38.7 (28.9; 42.9)

 

Week 12

28.2 (23.4; 38.9)

34.5 (26.3; 44.2)

25.2 (22.5; 35.0)

sIL-1RII

Baseline

4572 (1904.5; 6339.5)

4160.6 (1593.2; 5550.0)

4922.8 (2017.9; 6489.5)

 

Week 2

4885.7 (2144.1; 7056.3)

4744.4 (2144.1; 6174.4)

4905.8 (2027.0; 8988.9)

 

Week 4

5116.7 (2453.1; 7658.8)

5115.7 (2453.1; 7443.9)

5751.6 (2674.1; 8659.4)

 

Week 12

5806.5 (2726.7; 8628.2)

5604.6 (2622.7; 8295.6)

6152.1 (2845.9; 8651.8)

sIL-2rα

Baseline

1102.3 (728.1; 2021.5)

1068.2 (699.0; 2005.3)

1210.3 (757.1; 2383.1)

 

Week 2

1049.2 (595.1; 1781.7)

1188.4 (638.5; 1831.3)

866.1 (472.3; 1589.2)

 

Week 4

881.2 (580.8; 1763.4)

745.5 (595.0; 1230.0)

1032.1 (558.8; 1763.4)

 

Week 12

733.3 (434.6; 1073.1)

647.1 (432.9; 869.5)

823.8 (610.9; 1264.5)

sIL-6R

Baseline

9379.3 (6441.9; 12912.4)

9379.3 (6386.6; 12726.3)

9545.9 (6518.4; 15032.9)

 

Week 2

9480.6 (7325.3; 14352.6)

10038.4 (7421.2; 14014.9)

9183.6 (6446.9; 15126.8)

 

Week 4

11538.0 (8288.9; 14148.6)

11248.9 (7994.0; 12857.9)

11940.5 (9510.9; 14148.6)

 

Week 12

8123.9 (6241.2; 12582.7)

8250.4 (6978.9; 12582.7)

7518.7 (5366.6; 11001.6)

sTNFRI

Baseline

536.2 (288.7; 845.4)

551.4 (292.6; 860.6)

489.4 (284.7; 749.7)

 

Week 2

560.9 (347.2; 799.5)

647.5 (417.4; 803.7)

516.4 (302.3; 782.2)

 

Week 4

606.9 (379.0; 872.3)

646.0 (424.7; 742.0)

571.0 (379.0; 913.7)

 

Week 12

455.1 (347.2; 750.5)

532.9 (416.5; 753.8)

415.2 (319.4; 612.3)

sTNFRII

Baseline

5441.7 (4425.5; 7722.1)

5441.7 (4285.5; 8470.5)

5582.4 (4539.0; 7230.2)

 

Week 2

5104.3 (3728.7; 6909.2)

5680.6 (4255.6; 7181.9)

4236.9 (3629.6; 6032.3)

 

Week 4

4757.1 (3718.4; 6621.7)

4307.4 (3531.6; 6486.4)

5766.0 (4121.2; 6922.4)

 

Week 12

4564.9 (3532.0; 6127.8)

4485.4 (3113.5; 6384.8)

4579.4 (3924.5; 5791.2)

IL-1RA

Baseline

4.4 (0.0; 16.7)

10.2 (2.1; 18.8)

1.9 (0.0; 8.0)

 

Week 2

3.4 (0.0; 16.7)

11.3 (0.8; 25.8)

0.4 (0.0; 14.0)

 

Week 4

5.4 (0.0; 13.1)

5.7 (0.0; 11.5)

2.1 (0.0; 14.0)

 

Week 12

3.4 (0.0; 14.0)

5.1 (0.8; 15.1)

0.0 (0.0; 10.2)

  1. Incident neuropathic symptoms developed within 12 weeks of starting cART.
  2. The control group refers to the symptom-free nested control group paired for previously identified risk factors.
  3. Time effect: Bold numbers denote values different from baseline, p < 0.05.
  4. Group effect: Bold numbers denote values different between groups compared to baseline, p < 0.05.
  5. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, sIL-1RI soluble IL-1 receptor I, sIL-1RII soluble IL-1 receptor II, sIL-2Rα soluble IL-2 receptor-α, sIL-4R soluble IL-4 receptor, sIL-6R soluble IL-6 receptor, sTNFRI soluble TNF receptor I, sTNFRII soluble TNF receptor II, IL-1RA IL-l receptor antagonist.