Table 2.
Plasma cytokines
| Control (n = 10) |
Ex (n = 15) |
SS (n = 20) |
EXS (n = 22) |
Kruskal-Wallis Test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | P value | Paired Comparison* |
| IL-1β | b.d. | (b.d., 0.8) | 2.8 | (b.d., 8.37) | 0.30 | (b.d., 2.56) | 0.4 | (b.d., 2.48) | <0.0001 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| IL-4 | b.d. | (b.d., 2.24) | 1.59 | (b.d., 3.85) | 1.59 | (b.d., 4.31) | 1.59 | (b.d., 42.86) | 0.012 | 1,2,3 |
| IL-18 | b.d. | (b.d., 13.8) | 13.14 | (2, 31.22) | 7.55 | (0.74, 34.97) | 14.47 | (4.32, 25.36) | <0.0001 | 1,2,3 |
| IFNγ | b.d. | (b.d., 1.52) | 0.86 | (0.12, 3.13) | 1.52 | (b.d., 4.06) | 1.52 | (0.28, 427.34) | 0.0002 | 1,2,3 |
| TNFα | b.d. | (b.d., 0.74) | 0.62 | (0.4, 0.79) | 0.68 | (0.37, 0.85) | 0.62 | (0.43, 0.91) | 0.0003 | 1,2,3 |
b.d., below detection.
*
Significant difference (P < 0.0083) of paired comparison between control (CON) and EX (1), CON and EXS (2), CON and SS (3), EX and EXS (4), and EX and SS (5).