Table 3. Serum level of cytokines in group of patients with MM and HV.

Cytokine	MM	HV
IL-6 (pg ml –1 )
Median	3.74	2.124
Range	0.48–40.42	0.5525–4.00
IL-10 (pg ml –1 )
Median	1.16	0.91
Range	0.31–31.34	0.04–1.92
TGFβ (pg ml –1 )
Median	32 233.50	3877.23
Range	6418.13–98 215.90	392.079–10 629.3

Abbreviations: HV=healthy volunteer; IL=interleukin; MM=multiple myeloma; TGF=transforming growth factor.