This threshold, TIII, also may distinguish TNFα levels between control adults with mild or moderate infection (TNFα = 14.80 ± 4.74 pg/ml) and patients with chronic liver failure (TNFα = 53 ± 74.4 pg/ml in surviving patients and TNFα = 87.76 ± 91.38 pg/ml among non-survivors)29. Here, TNF is linked to chronic liver failure.