Table 3. Median inflammatory, anti-inflammatory and adhesion cytokine concentrations in sickle cell disease patients and AA controls.

Variables	AA (n = 17)	SS (n = 55)
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0(0); 0 7.2	0.63 (3.90); 0, 15.25*
IL-1β (pg/mL)	0 (0.05); 0, 3.3	0 (0.91); 0, 6.33
ICAM-1 (ng/mL)	150.05 (89.91); 0, 249.01	93.81 (209.28); 0, 445.01
IL-10 (ng/mL)	6.36 (3.06); 0, 11.09	9.12 (12.76); 0, 33.56

Values are media(inter-quartile range) minimum, maximum value. * significant difference at p<0.05.