Table 8.

Ex vivo production of T helper lymphocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokines by stimulation test at baseline

	Case	Control	p value
	Median (IQR)	Median (IQR)
IL-12	5,955.8 (1,634.8–11,699.9)	7,824.1 (2,383.6–12,693.5)	0.403
TNF-α	31,320.0 (13,748.3–58,223.5)	33,432.8 (8,235.4–73,323.1)	0.687
IL-10	1,077.3 (629.3–2,074.3)	794.8 (514.0–1,243.8)	0.027
IL-6	110,224.6 (52,438.6–208,968.7)	50,566.1 (19,630.1–137,195.3)	0.021
IL-1β	39,228.1 (8,189.4–106,577.7)	15,640.3 (5,968.3–47,259.0)	0.007
IL-8	1,694.5 (524.0–4,127.7)	778.0 (314.2–1,870.1)	0.007

Data presented as median and interquartile range (IQR). Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for analysis