Table 3. Levels of CRP and Cytokines .
| Caucasians (n=75) | African Americans (n=43) | All (n=118) | P-value | ||||
| Median (Min/Max) | % BLD | Median (Min/Max) | % BLD | Median (Min/Max) | % BLD | ||
| CRP | 2.81(0.04/24.90) | 0 | 6.36(0.06/35.31) | 0 | 3.76(0.04/35.31) | 0 | 0.02 |
| IL-1ß | 0.15 (0.01/2241.53) | 29 | 0.39 (0.01/73.35) | 28 | 0.20 (0.01/2241.53) | 29 | 0.30 |
| IL-2 | 0.01 (0.01/2821.84) | 72 | 0.01 (0.01/27.88) | 79 | 0.01 (0.01/2821.84) | 75 | 0.25 |
| IL-4 | 0.22 (0.01/1400.00) | 23 | 0.58 (0.01/11.23) | 19 | 0.33 (0.01/1400.00) | 21 | 0.32 |
| IL-5 | 0.33 (0.01/1034.36) | 25 | 0.36 (0.01/2.87) | 26 | 0.35 (0.01/1034.36) | 25 | 0.61 |
| IL-6 | 2.07 (0.01/3132.48) | 27 | 3.69 (0.01/20.52) | 19 | 2.60 (0.01/3132.48) | 24 | 0.14 |
| IL-7 | 4.73 (0.01/3072.16) | 1 | 4.15 (0.14/23.83) | 2 | 4.54 (0.01/3072.16) | 1 | 0.32 |
| IL-8 | 5.15 (1.40/104.10) | 0 | 7.03 (1.63/446.50) | 0 | 5.83 (1.40/446.50) | 0 | 0.33 |
| IL-10 | 0.01 (0.01/3867.50) | 67 | 0.01 (0.01/197.38) | 70 | 0.01 (0.01/3867.50) | 68 | 0.77 |
| IL-12 | 1.73 (0.01/14071.40) | 27 | 3.39 (0.01/122.89) | 23 | 1.95 (0.01/14071.40) | 25 | 0.60 |
| IL-13 | 0.16 (0.01/2490.48) | 47 | 0.46 (0.01/88.71) | 37 | 0.21 (0.01/2490.48) | 43 | 0.70 |
| IL-17 | 0.01 (0.01/771.19) | 68 | 0.01 (0.01/98.43) | 53 | 0.01 (0.01/771.19) | 63 | 0.19 |
| G-CSF | 8.01 (0.10/3155.28) | 8 | 10.83 (0.10/33.83) | 9 | 9.30 (0.10/3155.28) | 8 | 0.93 |
| GM-CSF | 0.01 (0.01/8562.68) | 60 | 0.01 (0.01/180.51) | 60 | 0.01 (0.01/8562.68) | 60 | 0.86 |
| IFN-γ | 11.93 (0.10/29359.56) | 31 | 23.70 (0.10/524.14) | 14 | 17.88 (0.10/29359.56) | 25 | 0.09 |
| MCP-1 | 31.04 (5.35/2715.62) | 0 | 28.15 (5.42/106.03) | 0 | 30.39 (5.35/2715.62) | 0 | 0.06 |
| MIP-1ß | 74.14 (28.24/165.87) | 0 | 87.04 (28.24/335.37) | 0 | 76.21 (28.24/335.37) | 0 | 0.01 |
| TNF-α | 2.47 (0.01/24874.18) | 19 | 3.35 (0.01/22.36) | 16 | 2.83 (0.01/24874.18) | 18 | 0.92 |
P-Value based on individual ANOVAs between Caucasians and African Americans/ BLD: Below levels of detection