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Table 2 Correlations among CSF cytokine concentrations and MMSE, Aβ and total tau protein

From: Decreased IL-8 levels in CSF and serum of AD patients and negative correlation of MMSE and IL-1β

 

CSF IL-1β

CSF IL-8

CSF TNF-α

 

rs

p

rs

p

rs

p

MMSE

−0.33

0.02

0.02

0.89

−0.03

0.86

Aβ42

−0.13

0.38

0.10

0.47

−0.03

0.86

Tau

0.22

0.12

0.26

0.06

−0.08

0.56

  1. Correlation coefficient (rs) and p-values were calculated using Spearman’s rank correlation analysis. Statistically significant results are depicted in bold