Plasma cytokine profiles associated with rhodesiense sleeping sickness and falciparum malaria co-infection in North Eastern Uganda

Table 2 Correlation coefficient between cytokine levels among HAT and malaria co-infection

Cytokine	IFN-γ	Cytokine correlation coefficient r_s
Cytokine	IFN-γ	TNF-α	IL-6	IL-10	TGF-β
IFN-γ		0.847***	0.471	0.439	0.257
TNF-α			0.431	0.193	0.312
IL-6				0.557*	− 0.135
IL-10					0.014

Spearman’s (r_s) rank correlations were computed at statistical significance P < 0.05* and P < 0.001***, negative (−) = denotes negative correlation