Table 2. Plasma cytokine concentrations on the first day of a sepsis diagnosis in HIV/AIDS and non-HIV septic patients.

Cytokine	HIV/AIDS PatientsN=30	Non-HIV PatientsN=30	p value
IL1-β	1.2 (0.8-17.9)	1.5 (0.8-51.2)	0.81
IL-4	0.2 (0.0-4.5)	0.3 (0.0-5.9)	0.23
IL-6*	1.81 (0.5-4.3)	2.37 (0.4-4.1)	0.19
IL-7	3.7 (1.8-15.5)	2.7 (1.2-169.8)	0.23
IL-8	21.6 (1.8-7,260)	27.5 (4.4-532.2)	0.76
IL-10*	0.68 (0.1-2.6)	0.98 (0.1-2.5)	0.45
IL-12	2.8 (2.1-17.9)	2.9 (1.9-211.1)	0.67
G-CSF*	0.89 (0.0-4.7)	1.22 (0.1-4.2)	0.12
MCP-1	137.9 (3.4-4,494)	148.2 (9.0-1,213)	0.67
MIP-1β	53.4 (7.8-1,239)	39.4 (15.4-341.6)	0.55
TNF-α	9.0 (5.9-102.4)	11.0 (5.0-69.4)	0.57

The values were expressed in pg/ml and as the median, maximum and minimum values, * Logarithmic transformation of IL-6, IL-10 and G-CSF concentrations