Table 2.

Levels of cytokine and β-chemokine production in allo-, auto-, and PHA-stimulated PBMC cultures after 7 days of incubation.

	pg/ml, median (interquartile range)
	FBDs (n = 18)	ESN FSWs (n = 20)	P-value*	P-value†
Allostimulation
IFN-γ	39·1 (6·6–549)	10·4 (3·3–22·4)	0·034	N.A.‡
TNF-α	6·3 (0·8–289)	6·3 (0·8–6·3)	0·173	N.A.
IL-10	19·1 (11·8–45·3)	12·8 (6·1–23·6)	0·299	N.A.
MIP-1β	440 (196–2531)	194 (104–441)	0·024	N.A.
RANTES	636 (425–1000)	293 (262–446)	< 0·001	< 0·001
Autostimulation
IFN-γ	32·6 (12·2–529)	3·3 (3·3–16·6)	0·001	N.A.
TNF-α	6·3 (6·3–428)	6·3 (0·8–6·3)	0·023	N.A.
IL-10	28·5 (12·5–46·9)	16·5 (6·5–27·5)	0·047	0·078
MIP-1β	306 (103·1–1852)	66·1 (25·4–110)	0·001	N.A.
RANTES	342 (187–606)	122 (98·0–162)	< 0·001	N.A.
PHA-stimulation
IFN-γ	2 210 (879–3902)	2 505 (1793–3952)	0·447	0·706
TNF-α	234 (130–427)	406 (277–561)	0·033	0·143
IL-10	452 (275–739)	525 (320–708)	0·465	0·790
MIP-1β	12 607 (9 717–1 7661)	22 438 (16 965–31 971)	0·002	0·005
RANTES	3 846 (2 615–4 997)	3 837 (3 001–6 054)	0·569	0·372

^*Mann–Whitney U-test.

^†Linear regression adjusting for age.

^‡Variable not normally distributed and linear regression not available (N.A). P-values < 0·05 are in bold.