# Analysis of serum interleukin 6 level in coronavirus disease-19 patients’ survivability
> Alim A.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/analysis-of-serum-interleukin-6-level-in-coronavirus-disease-19-patients-surviva
Jurnal / Konferensi: Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio Per Le Scienze Mediche
Tahun terbit: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23736/S0393-3660.23.05233-6
ISSN: 03933660
Kuartil SJR: Q4
Citations: 0

## Authors
- Alim A.

## Abstract
BACKGROUND: The degree of severity of COVID-19 also varies widely. Accompanying COVID-19 patient acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) demonstrated that virus-induced proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin 6 (IL-6) lead to a hyperinflammatory and procoagulable state in the late stages of the disease. The aim of this study was to assess the condition of COVID-19 patients with IL-6 as a marker.METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was taken on 111 COVID-19 patients. Patients who have a history of autoimmune, cancer, trauma, burn injury, or undergoing surgery were excluded from the study. Demographic and clinical data were collected. Interleukin 6 is measured by 6 mL plasma testing with electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Cobas® e601 (Roche Diagnostics International Ltd, Rotkreuz, Switzerland) with IL-6 Human ProQuantum Immunoassay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). Baseline data were descriptively summarized, and the differences in each variable between groups were calculated using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whittney Tests. Interleukin 6 associated with survivability was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier Survival Curve, and outcomes were reported with 95% confidence intervals (CI).RESULTS: Survivability at 37.65 pg/mL higher IL-6 correlates with lesser survival days. IL-6 cut-off at 53.57 pg/mL with 70.7% sensitivity and 70% specificity.CONCLUSIONS: Serum IL-6 levels have a positive correlation with mortality and could be a predictor of death in COVID-19 patients.

## Keywords
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- ARDS
- Retrospective cohort study
- Proinflammatory cytokine
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Gastroenterology
- Immunology
- Disease
- Inflammation
- Lung
- Infectious disease (medical specialty)

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