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. 2010 Jan 15;16:53–60.

Table 2. Detailed information on cytokine levels.

Study group Cytokine (pg/ml)
Il-1b IL-2 IL-4 IL-5 IL-6 IL-8 IL-10* IL-12 TNF-α INF-γ*
Baseline (group 1, n=197)
Mean±SD
24.94±230.7
1.42±0.99
1.85±1.15
1.13±0.86
484.9±1136
64.00±180
2.17±3.31
11.27±75.56
0.88±1.32
1.49±2.85
 
median
0
1.5
1.8
1.1
18.0
10.3
1.85
1.3
0
0
 
(range)
(0–2,943.5)
0–4.0
0–5.7
0–3.9
(0–5,000)
(0–1,148)
(0–29.1)
(0–806.7)
(0–6.7)
0–11.6
 
n=0
89
8
5
8
17
12
70
78
125
21
 
n
163
34
34
34
163
163
197
163
198
34
Acceptors (group 2, n=33)
Mean±SD
4.53±5.65
0.69±1.02
1.17±0.99
0.81±0.87
541.0±1,423
24.24±18.84
1.92±2.2
2.64±2.3
0.78±1.36
0
 
median
1.95
0
1.5
1.0
49.75
18.95
1.6
2.6
0
0
 
(range)
(0–15)
(0–2.6)
(0–2.5)
(0–2.9)
(3.5–5,000)
(5.0–72.9)
(0–7.8)
(0–5.6)
(0–4.8)
na
 
n=0
6
14
8
10
0
0
16
4
23
21
 
n
12
21
21
21
12
12
33
12
33
21
Rejectors (group 3, n=25)
Mean±SD
7.86±16.21
1.07±1.33
1.15±1.28
1.37±1.51
1,772.4±2.171
61.87±53.78
5.80±7.11
49.54±151
1.21±1.88
24.09±68.23
 
median
1.45
0
1.2
1.4
385.8
47.55
3.65
2.2
0
0
 
(range)
(0–52.7)
0–3.4
0–4.0
0–5.90
(0–5,000)
(4.5–151.2)
(0–32)
(0–479.3)
(0–7.5)
0–267.9
 
n=0
5
8
7
5
1
0
2
4
15
9
  n 10 15 15 15 10 10 25 10 25 15

The asterisk indicates a statistically significant difference compared to group 3. na=not applicable. n=0 means the number of samples with a cytokine level below the detection limit, which were set as zero in the statistical analysis.