TABLE 5.
Group comparisons of mean cytokine levels based on qRT-PCR
| Cytokine | Mean cytokine level (relative quantity)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 20) | CFS (n = 24) | CFS with FM (n = 13) | CFS without FM (n = 11) | |
| IL-1β | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 |
| IL-4 | 1.00 ± 0.27 | 0.73 ± 0.21 | 0.53 ± 0.16 | 0.96 ± 0.41 |
| IL-10 | 0.65 ± 0.18 | 0.39 ± 0.05 | 0.43 ± 0.07 | 0.34 ± 0.08 |
| TNF-α | 0.82 ± 0.19 | 0.64 ± 0.07 | 0.58 ± 0.09 | 0.71 ± 0.13 |
a
Values are means ± standard errors of the means of raw data. The statistical tests were conducted with logarithmic-transformed data.