Research Article

Relationship of Serum IL-12 to Inflammation, Hematoma Volume, and Prognosis in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Table 1

Demographics and serum IL-12 levels in controls and patients.

VariablesControl (n = 100)Patients (n = 209) value

Gender (male/female)54/46121/880.518
Age (years)65.9 ± 21.366.7 ± 18.70.812
Admission time (hours)5.8 (7.0)
Blood collection time (hours)6.9 (10.2)
Initial SBP (mmHg)160.3 ± 27.3
Initial DBP (mmHg)91.5 ± 18.4
Hypertension (n (%))135 (64.6)
Current smoking (n (%))67 (32.1)
Atrial fibrillation (n (%))46 (22.0)
Lobar hemorrhage (n (%))45 (21.5)
Infratentorial hemorrhage (n (%))37 (17.7)
Intraventricular hemorrhage (n (%))49 (23.4)
Admission NIHSS10 (10)
Hematoma volume (mL)16.9 (14.8)
WBC (×109/L)8.9 ± 2.39.6 ± 3.10.039
Serum glucose (mmol/L)7.1 ± 1.27.4 ± 1.30.043
Serum CRP (mg/L)2.0 (0.8)22.3 (10.0)0.041
Serum TNF-α (pg/mL)28.6 (26.3)63.2 (23.2)<0.001
Serum IL-12 (pg/mL)20.4 (19.1)71.5 (28.5)<0.001