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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2011 Jul 27;159(6):919–925.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.05.042

Table 2.

Unadjusted comparison of average cytokine levels in pg/ml on days 0–4 in infants with moderate-severe cerebral palsy and in infants with any degree of cerebral palsy.

	Moderate-Severe Cerebral Palsy		No Moderate-Severe Cerebral Palsy		p value*
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	p value*
IL-1β	203	335	120	336	0.06
IL-8	2363	3301	1652	2449	0.04
TNF-α	76	78	58	80	0.34
RANTES	59772	89680	80059	70707	0.20
IL-2	46	48	50	64	0.53

	Any Cerebral Palsy		No Cerebral Palsy		p value^*
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	p value^*
IL-1β	163	351	119	332	0.06
IL-8	2340	3732	1635	2273	0.01
TNF-α	69	89	58	76	0.32
RANTES	65875	87966	80413	69480	0.15
IL-2	45	56	50	65	0.44

IQR = interquartile range;

TNF-α = Tumor necrosis factor

RANTES = Regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed, and secreted

p values are from non-parametric two-sample median test