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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2010 Feb;51(2):474–481. doi: 10.1002/hep.23321

Table 6.

Serum Pro-inflammatory Cytokine and Antioxidant Activity Levels

Laboratory Variable Healthy Unexposed Controls Healthy Chemical Worker Controls TASH
TNFα (pg/ml) 4.1 (1.5) 3.0 (1.2) 11.2 (18.0)a
IL-1β (pg/ml) 0.1 (0.1) 0.4 (0.6) 9.1 (11.9)b,c
IL-6 (pg/ml) 1.4 (1.6) 3.5 (3.0) 10.9 (10.6)b,d
IL-8 (pg/ml) 2.7 (1.9) 3.7 (1.6) 12.0 (12.9)b,d
MCP-1 (pg/ml) 276.5 (121.5) 329.4 (137.9) 302.3 (148.0)
Antioxidant Activity (mM) 4.1 (0.3) 3.5 (0.8) 2.6 (0.3)c,e
a

p<0.05 vs. Healthy Chemical Worker Controls;

b

p<0.01 vs. Healthy Unexposed Controls;

c

p<0.001 vs. Healthy Chemical Worker Controls;

d

p<0.01 vs. Healthy Chemical Worker Controls;

e

p<0.001 vs. Healthy Unexposed Controls.