Table 2.

T-Lymphocyte cytokine subsets of healthy and cirrhosis patients.

Cytokines (pg/ml)	HBV-cirrhosis (n = 42)	HCV-cirrhosis (n = 40)	Healthy controls (n = 20)	P value
IL-2	2.3 (0.5–41.2)	2.3 (0.9–27.3)	2.3 (0.6–10.1)	†.4658, ‡.8798
IL-4	2.8 (0.6–37.9)	2.7 (0.7–45.2)	3.0 (1.4–14.9)	†.7125, ‡.860
IL-6	11.7 (2.1–100.3)	9.1 (2.1–102.2)	2.5 (1.8–11.9)	†<.0001, ‡<.0001
IL-10	2.7 (1.0–39.4)	2.7 (0.5–32.0)	1.6 (1.0–28.4)	†.121, ‡.05
TNF-α	2.0 (0.9–22.9)	1.8 (0.8–18.1)	1.6 (0.7–21.8)	†.1205, ‡.7624
IFN-γ	7.9 (1.6–84.5)	4.8 (1.2–91.6)	4.4 (1.8–84.5)	†.0022, ‡.2787

Data are expressed as median (range); †HBV-cirrhosis versus healthy controls, ‡HCV-cirrhosis versus healthy controls.