From: Association of interferon gamma inducible protein-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha, interleukin-6, and rs12252 single nucleotide polymorphism of interferon-induced transmembrane protein-3 gene with the severity of COVID-19 infection
Category of patients
IL-6 (pg/ml) (mean ± SD)
Mean rank
p-value
Control
3.1 ± 1.6
17.6
< 0.001
Moderate
83.4 ± 148.1
67.8
Severe
57.5 ± 70.6
62.2
Critical
108.3 ± 139.4
78.4