The Serum Level of IL-1B Correlates with the Activity of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Table 3

Correlation of serum inflammatory factors with the activity of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in the whole subjects.

	Cavity diameter		Aspergilloma size		Cavity wall thickness
	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value	Coefficient	value
WBC	0.088	0.149	0.034	0.587	0.065	0.282
ESR	0.075	0.215	0.097	0.118	0.098	0.109
CRP	0.113	0.064	0.078	0.210	0.103	0.089
IL-1B	0.128	0.035	0.123	0.047	0.043	0.479
IL-2	0.073	0.229	0.014	0.827	0.094	0.122
IL-5	0.053	0.387	0.098	0.116	0.085	0.160
IL-6	0.091	0.135	0.079	0.207	0.084	0.168
TNF-α	0.083	0.174	0.049	0.435	0.094	0.121
γ-IFN	0.063	0.300	0.060	0.337	0.052	0.396

CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; IFN: interferon; IL: interleukin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; WBC: white blood cell.