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Plasma cytokine and soluble mediator levels and FDG-PET scanning results
| Normal PET n = 17 |
Abnormal PET n = 21 |
p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
| BDNF ng/ml | 5.3 ± 4.5 | 4.2 ± 3.6 | 0.4 |
| TNF pg/ml | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 1.1 ± 0.6 | 0.08* |
| suPAR ng/ml | 3.7 ± 0.7 | 4.2 ± 1.1 | 0.1 |
| IL-6 log pg/ml | 0.07 ± 0.4 | 0.26 ± 0.3 | 0.08* |
a p values, equal variance of means assumed. *p-values < 0.05 considered significant, values between 0.05 and 0.099 considered borderline significant.
