The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 5 Correlation between IL6 before and after correction of DKA (Spearman)

From: Inflammatory cytokine and plasma C-reactive protein response to ketoacidosis in adults with type 1 diabetes: Egyptian multicenter study

	IL6 before		IL6 after
	r value	P value	r value	P value
WBC	− 0.211	0.263	− 0.251	0.182
RBC	− 0.010	0.956	0.163	0.388
HB	0.045	0.815	0.105	0.582
R.B.S	− 0.326	0.078	0.201	0.286
Acetone	− 0.216	0.253	0.088	0.645
PH	0.159	0.402	0.077	0.685
HCO3	0.091	0.634	0.043	0.821
Base efficiency	− 0.322	0.083	− 0.047	0.804
Urea	− 0.179	0.345	− 0.194	0.304
Creatinine	− 0.348	0.060	0.001	0.996
Na	0.151	0.425	0.134	0.480
K	− 0.324	0.080	0.030	0.875

WBCs white blood cells, RBCs red blood cells, HB hemoglobin level, R.B.S random blood sugar, Na sodium, K potassium, HCO3 sodium bicarbonate, IL6 interleukin 6

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