Table 4.

Concentrations of plasma cytokines, leptin and IGF-I in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema on admission to the hospital (D1).

Markers Median (25–75 percentile)	Chronic bronchitis (n = 29)	Emphysema (n = 23)	p
TNF-α (pg/ml)	63.2 (45.5–85.7)	65 (47.2–80.2)	0.612
IL-1β (pg/ml)	12.6 (8.8–15.6)	12.3 (8.4–21.3)	0.941
IL-6 (pg/ml)	23.9 (19.7–40.4)	20.6 (15.9–52.6)	0.423
IL-8 (pg/ml)	39.7 (28.9–56.2)	42 (34.3–62.7)	0.574
Leptin (ng/ml)	37.7 (18.1–50.9)	32.5 (15.2–44.9)	0.214
IGF-1 (ng/ml)	70.5 (48.6–78.5)	49.5 (40.1–65.4)	0.003
Leptin/% FM	1.1 (0.62–1.61)	1.09 (0.6–1.55)	0.619