Table 2.
Distributions of Cytokines in Japanese, White, and Japanese American Men Aged 40–49
| |
Median and interquartile range |
% not detected |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese in Japan (n = 100) | Whites (n = 99) | Japanese Americans (n = 98) | Japanese in Japan (n = 100) | Whites (n = 99) | Japanese Americans (n = 98) | |
| IL-1α (pg/mL) | nd (nd, nd) | 77 (nd, 617) | 98 (nd, 834)¶,§ | 85.0 | 36.4 | 41.8¶,§ |
| IL-1ra (pg/mL) | 22 (nd, 89) | 49 (9, 119) | 8 (nd, 80)¶,† | 39.0 | 22.2 | 47.9¶,† |
| IL-4 (pg/mL) | nd (nd, 23) | 101 (nd, 925) | 180 (nd, 1,100)¶,§ | 72.0 | 33.3 | 32.7¶,§ |
| IL-8 (pg/mL) | nd (nd, 4.0) | 10.0 (0.8, 48.4) | 11.1 (nd, 50.7)¶,§ | 62.0 | 24.2 | 32.7¶,§ |
| IL-10 (pg/mL) | 2.2 (nd, 9.6) | 7.1 (nd, 13.2) | 4.3 (nd, 17.4) | 36.0 | 25.3 | 36.0 |
| IP-10 (pg/mL) | 253 (197, 319) | 199 (147, 278) | 168 (127, 247)¶,†,§ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MCP-1 (pg/mL) | 146 (108, 177) | 274 (226, 322) | 157 (126, 197)¶,† | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 2.1 (nd, 4.1) | 4.4 (2.9, 6.7) | 3.5 (2.4, 4.9)¶,†,§ | 29.0 | 3.0 | 7.1¶,§ |
IL-1α: Interleukin-1α; IL-1ra: interleukin-1 receptor agonist; IL-4: interleukin-4; IL-8: interleukin-8; IL-10: interleukin-10; IP-10: interferon-inducible protein-10; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; nd: not detected.
¶
P < 0.05 between the Japanese in Japan versus whites.
†
P < 0.05 between whites and Japanese Americans.
§
P < 0.05 between the Japanese in Japan versus Japanese Americans.