Table 1.

The mean values of PIMs in cervical intervertebral disc samples

	Group 1	Group 2	P
IL-1 β	449.45 ± 211.99	882.25 ± 262.97	0.0001
IL-6	0.06 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.01	0.6872*
IL-8	10.7 ± 5.44	32.08 ± 1.98	0.00001
IFN-GAMA	3.12 ± 2.83	20.83 ± 5.92	0.00001
TX-B2	94.57 ± 72.9	1,008.08 ± 341.08	0.00001
LT-B4	16.74 ± 8.9	104.17 ± 110.51	0.00001
TNF-ALFA	117.2 ± 18.83	134.88 ± 27.88	0.0042

* Statistically not significant (P > 0.05)