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Table 4 Preoperative CSF cytokine levels of patients with and without postoperative delirium

From: Preoperative cerebrospinal fluid cytokine levels and the risk of postoperative delirium in elderly hip fracture patients

Cytokine/chemokine

Concentration (pg/mL)

P value

No delirium (N=38)

Delirium (N=23)

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

Flt-3L

20.16 (18.2-29.5)

16,54 (12.2-20.2)

0.021

G-CSF

31.26 (14.7-55.8)

23.15 (14.7-33.9)

0.233

IFN-α2

31.70 (21.1-41.1)

24.41 (17.7-34.1)

0.136

IFN-γ

1.61 (1.6-2.4)

1.61 (1.6-2.4)

0.336

IL-1α

0.28 (0.2-2.3)

0.78 (0.1-1.3)

0.170

IL-1ra

6.90 (2.9-6.9)

2.90 (2.9-6.9)

0.032

IL-6

0.99 (0.2-2.2)

0.21 (0.1-0.7)

0.005

IL-8

28.40 (22.7-42.5)

25.25 (19.4-37.6)

0.308

IL-15

3.47 (1.4-4.5)

2.79 (1.4-3.5)

0.060

IP-10

270.84 (183.1-350.6)

334.21 (241.0-590.0)

0.064

MCP-1

312.67 (257.2-422.6)

301.79 (241.6-389.5)

0.634

MCP-3

19.4 (12.2-25.2)

19.4 (19.4-25.2)

0.375

PDGF-AA

8.04 (5.6-10.3)

6.67 (5.4-9.0)

0.267

RANTES

3.50 (0.1-3.5)

0.08 (0.1-3.5)

0.290

sCD40-L

1.14 (0.06-1.1)

0.06 (0.06-1.1)

0.263

TGF-α

1.99 (1.4-3.2)

1.99 (1.4-2.6)

0.411