Table 4 Multiple regression analysis of cytokine gene expressions and clinical and socio demographic parameters
IFN- γ | IL-4 | IL-11 | IL-12p40 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β (95% CI) | p value | β (95% CI) | p value | β (95% CI) | p value | β (95% CI) | p value | |
Constant | 1.518 | 0.091 | 0.362 | 0.111 | 0.915 | 0.817 | 0.937 | 0.201 |
R sq | 0.338 | 0.326 | 0.133 | 0.286 | ||||
Gender | −0.001 (−0.026,0.023) | 0.922 | − 0.005 (− 0.025, 0.016) | 0.649 | −0.003 (− 0.029, 0.022) | 0.785 | −0.006 (− 0.027, 0.014) | 0.535 |
Age | −0.281 (− 0.780,0.219) | 0.261 | −0.003 (− 0.412, 0.405) | 0.988 | −0.133 (− 0.645, 0.378) | 0.600 | −0.065 (− 0.477, 0.348) | 0.752 |
Duration of lesions | 0.061 (0.016, 0.105) | 0.009 | 0.017 (−0.020, 0.053) | 0.355 | 0.012 (−0.034, 0.058) | 0.595 | 0.034 (−0.003, 0.071) | 0.067 |
Number of lesions | −0.201 (− 0.712,0.310) | 0.420 | 0.357 (− 0.061, 0.775) | 0.092 | −0.198 (− 0.721, 0.325) | 0.446 | −0.166 (− 0.588, 0.256) | 0.429 |
Surface area of lesions | 0.001 (0.000,0.003) | 0.107 | −0.001 (− 0.002, 0.000) | 0.143 | − 0.001 (− 0.002, 0.001) | 0.435 | 0.000 (− 0.002, 0.001) | 0.554 |
Type of lesions | 0.376 (− 0.194, 0.946) | 0.189 | 0.522 (0.056, 0.988) | 0.022 | 0.313 (−0.270, 0.897) | 0.282 | 0.454 (−0.016, 0.925) | 0.058 |
Site of lesions | −0.137 (− 0.472, 0.198) | 0.410 | − 0.083 (− 0.357, 0.191) | 0.543 | −0.036 (− 0.379, 0.307) | 0.832 | −0.006 (− 0.282, 0.271) | 0.966 |
Type of lesions | −0.105 (− 0.430, 0.221) | 0.518 | −0.176 (− 0.442, 0.090) | 0.188 | −0.045 (− 0.378, 0.289) | 0.787 | −0.078 (− 0.347, 0.190) | 0.557 |
Inflammatory signs | −0.129 (− 0.626, 0.367) | 0.600 | −0.017 (− 0.423, 0.389) | 0.934 | −0.007 (− 0.515, 0.502) | 0.979 | −0.165 (− 0.575, 0.245) | 0.420 |