Table 1.
Cytokines | Difference between Frozen and Refrigerated samplesa |
Significance (p-value) | |
---|---|---|---|
Mean value | Median value | ||
IL-1β | −298.45 | −25.02 | 0.01 |
IL-2 | −0.32 | 0.0 | 0.89 |
IL-4 | −12.93 | −3.5 | 0.36 |
IL-6 | 391.63 | 18.64 | 0.31 |
IL-8 | −359.38 | −82.91 | 0.29 |
IL-10 | −2.20 | −0.0 | 0.85 |
IL-12 | −0.47 | 0.0 | 0.94 |
IFN-γ | −13.060 | −4.68 | 0.03 |
TNF-α | −43.01 | −15.36 | 0.02 |
GM-CSF | −16.35 | −1.86 | 0.30 |
The difference in cytokine levels between refrigerated and frozen samples is considered the variable in Wilcoxon signed rank test.