Table 2. Correlations between tear IL-4, IL-5, and TNF-α cytokine levels and HEL and 4-HNE positively stained cells.
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Oxidative lipid peroxidation marker staining (%) |
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HEL |
4-HNE |
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| Protein | Spearman correlation coefficient | p value | Spearman correlation coefficient | p value |
| IL-4 |
r=0.2070 |
>0.05 |
r=0.0820 |
>0.05 |
| IL-5 |
r=0.7806 |
<0.0001* |
r=0.5646 |
<0.05* |
| TNF-α | r=0.4148 | <0.05* | r=0.2751 | >0.05 |