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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Reprod Immunol. 2008 Mar 11;78(2):166–171. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2008.01.003

Table 2.

Comparison of cytokine concentrations between races in women with normal flora

Cytokine (ng/ml) White women Black women p value
IL-1α 904.9 (166.0 – 11098.1) 558.4 (104.0 – 5554.6) 0.047
IL-6 3967.1 (62.2 – 25000.0) 2162.2 (5.0 – 14744.0) 0.010
IL-10 73.3 (0.0 – 497.4) 43.0 (1.3 – 391.0) 0.016
PDGF-BB 2362.2 (236.2 – 33201.0) 1204.7 (12.0 – 9651.0) 0.010

The median cytokine concentration (range) is presented. *