The effects of selective head cooling versus whole-body cooling on some neural and inflammatory biomarkers: a randomized controlled pilot study

Table 5 The relationship between biomarker levels at 6 h and outcomes at age 12 months

Biomarkers	Patients with adverse outcomes (n = 18)	Patients with favorable outcomes (n = 13)
IL-6 (pg mL⁻¹)	121.1 (31.4–334.3)*	33.2 (13.0–61.7)
IL-1β (pg mL⁻¹)	2.3 (2.1–2.5)	2.3 (2.0–2.5)
TNF-α (pg mL⁻¹)	16.6 (10.8–32.7)	16.5 (13.3–21.0)
NSE (μg L⁻¹)	0.55 (0.44–1.10)	1.31 (0.46–2.15)
S100B (ng mL⁻¹)	0.08 (0.06–0.13)	0.08 (0.07–0.15)
S100 (ng L⁻¹)	13.5 (5.8–31.0)	22.4 (1.3–136.4)
CKBB (ng mL⁻¹)	2.1 (1.5–3.5)	1.9 (1.4–2.4)
L/C ratio	19.0 (2.64–47.89)*	0.12 (0.04–0.36)

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