Table 3.

Comparison of cytokines between bacteria‐positive and bacteria‐negative groups.

Cytokines	x ± s		t‐test
	Bacteria positive	Bacteria negative	t value	p value
Interleukin 1β	17.37 ± 20.580	1.25 ± 5.05	4.863	< 0.001
Interleukin 2	3.31 ± 2.60	0.89 ± 0.58	5.810	< 0.001
Interleukin 4	1.70 ± 1.98	1.28 ± 2.80	0.767	0.446
Interleukin 5	10.32 ± 14.39	1.64 ± 1.61	3.837	< 0.001
Interleukin 6	100.49 ± 118.96	8.50 ± 15.26	4.910	< 0.001
Interleukin 8	79.62 ± 74.86	31.98 ± 51.05	3.325	0.001
Interleukin 10	29.69 ± 91.16	21.82 ± 93.90	0.378	0.707
Interleukin 12p70	3.76 ± 4.07	0.70 ± 0.71	4.722	< 0.001
Interleukin 17	11.78 ± 20.26	1.24 ± 2.02	3.315	0.001
α‐interferon	3.98 ± 2.69	3.16 ± 4.29	0.998	0.322
γ‐interferon	5.60 ± 4.65	3.73 ± 4.36	1.844	0.069
TNF‐α	1.94 ± 2.41	0.30 ± 0.46	4.251	< 0.001