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Table 3 Functional immune parameters in neonates and paired older siblings with hand, foot, and mouth disease

From: Neonatal hand, foot, and mouth disease due to coxsackievirus A6 in Shanghai

Parameter

Neonates with HFMD

Neonate controls

P-value1

Older siblings with HFMD

Older sibling controls

P-value2

P-value3

CD3 T-cell

2837.2 (2243.3, 3982.1)

3536.3 (3196.6, 4450.2)

0.01

2212.1 (1932.2, 2918.3)

2704.5 (2040.0, 3452.0)

0.03

0.01

CD4 T-cell

2161.6 (1845.8, 4132.7)

2488.5 (2165.5, 3379.0)

0.48

1224.5 (1074.4, 2743.7)

1373 (1041.0, 1804.0)

0.12

0.01

CD8 T-cell

534.0 (314.2, 824.6)

970.0 (904.5, 1150.5)

<  0.01*

911.7 (534.8, 1843.2)

1243.5 (998.0, 1531.0)

0.27

0.02

CD16 + CD56+ (NK cell)

250.3 (123.9, 325.4)

361.0 (239.5, 478.5)

0.72

573.9 (342.7, 1267.3)

379.5 (224.0, 1091.0)

0.02

0.79

IgG

3.2 (2.3, 4.1)

6.2 (5.2, 7.0)

0.68

9.7 (6.4, 11.6)

9.5 (8.9, 10.6)

0.12

0.09

IgA

<  0.3

<  0.3

1

2.0 (1.0, 2.6)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

<  0.01*

<  0.01*

IgM

0.4 (0.2, 0.6)

0.2 (0.2, 0.3)

<  0.01*c

2.5 (1.2, 3.2)

1.1 (0.6, 1.2)

0.05

<  0.01*

IL-1β

730.1 (384.8, 937.5)

61.9 (22.5, 71.5)

<  0.01*c

1019.3 (776.2, 1832.9)

88.8 (56.5, 138.2)

<  0.01*c

<  0.01*c

IL-2R

1516.4 (497.3, 2732.3)

1438.5 (1277.5, 1556.5)

<  0.01*c

1392.9 (476.8, 1732.2)

485.0 (394.0, 669.1)

<  0.01*c

0.03c

IL-6

32.4 (28.2, 67.3)

3.8 (3.1, 48.4)

<  0.01*c

16.9 (14.3, 80.9)

5.2 (2.8, 14.9)

<  0.01*c

0.61c

IL-8

63.6 (14.6, 1283.6)

110.8 (19.7, 1866.0)

<  0.01*c

58.2 (20.8, 1282.6)

20.1 (7.7, 321.0)

<  0.01*c

0.91c

IL-10

26.4 (14.2, 46.8)

17.5 (12.3, 53.1)

0.01c

79.3 (41.4, 135.4)

2.5 (1.3, 32.5)

<  0.01*c

<  0.01*c

TNF-α

15.3 (9.5, 38.2)

13.2 (11.0, 26.7)

<  0.01*c

18.6 (11.6, 33.3)

11.2 (8.9, 17.3)

<  0.01*c

0.41c

  1. P-value1T-test for the comparison between neonatal HFMD and age-matched controls, P-value2T-test for the comparison between older siblings with HFMD and age-matched controls, P-value3T-test for the comparison between neonatal and older sibling HFMD cases
  2. *Statistical significance
  3. cT-test after log transformation