Table 2.
Cytokine levels for patients with elevated C-reactive protein and patients with normal C-reactive protein.
| Elevated CRP (n = 28) Geometric mean; 95% confidence interval |
Normal CRP (n = 19) Geometric mean; 95% confidence interval |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INF-γ | 2.00; 0.76–5.27 |
0.18; 0.09–0.37 |
.001 |
| TNF-α | 3.47; 2.78–4.32 |
2.29; 1.88–2.78 |
.009 |
| Il-1β | 1.81; 0.92–3.57 |
0.49; 0.26–0.92 |
.008 |
| Il-6 | 79.23; 36.69–171.09 |
3.56; 2.08–6.09 |
.000 |
| Il-12 | 2.69; 1.69–4.28 |
2.73; 1.50–4.99 |
.97 |
| Il-2 | 7.41; 4.85–11.33 |
5.04; 2.45–10.37 |
.31 |
| Il-8 | 88.12; 49.84–155.80 |
14.20; 8.80–22.91 |
.000 |
| GM-CSF | 2.15; 1.21–3.81 |
2.58; 0.89–7.44 |
.73 |
| Il-4 | 1.74; 1.21–2.51 |
1.48; 0.87–2.50 |
.59 |
| Il-5 | 2.35; 1.74–3.16 |
2.23; 1.18–4.19 |
.86 |
| TGF-β | 10.51; 8.34–13.24 |
8.60; 6.34–11.67 |
.28 |
| Il-10 | 9.37; 5.66–15.51 |
4.56; 3.29–6.32 |
.034 |