Table 4.

Comparison of baseline tear cytokines between two subgroups of participants identified from latent profile analysis of baseline tear cytokines.

Cytokine (pg/ml)	Median (inter-quartile)		p-value*
	Subgroup 1 (n = 23 participants)	Subgroup 2 (n = 108 participants)
IL-1β	2.2 (0, 7.0)	3.6 (1.6, 5.2)	0.44
IL-6	13.3 (7.6, 32.2)	4.4 (2.9, 7.6)	< 0.001
IL-8	677 (347, 1495)	28.8 (13.9, 58.6)	< 0.001
IL-10	1.4 (0, 9.6)	8.6 (1.6, 16.6)	0.03
IL-17A	0 (0, 2.8)	9.4 (3.9, 13.8)	< 0.001
IFN-γ	5.5 (1.6, 11.3)	30.9 (16.9, 50.7)	< 0.001
TNF-α	0 (0, 3.3)	0 (0, 3.5)	0.94

Significant values are in [bold].

*From Wilcoxon rank sum test.