Table 2.

Median Concentrations and Interquartile Ranges of Blood Plasma Cytokines

Blood plasma cytokine	Median concentration (pg/ml)	IQR
IL-1RA	56.0	51.0–67.8
IL-1α	158.3	128.8–190.5
IL-1β	54.0	42.8–76.4
IL-2	27.3	22.9–35.5
IL-4	124.5	101.9–137.0
IL-5	44.0	36.8–56.2
IL-6	87.3	75.0–102.0
IL-8	300.5	211.8–409.3
IL-10	97.8	75.4–117.0
IL-12 P70	45.5	39.4–57.5
IL-17	121.5	104.0–154.0
IFN-γ	56.8	40.0–67.3
MIP-1β	326.3	282.6–363.1
TNF-α	386.5	285.3–543.5
RANTES	16,952.5	6,735.1–24,317.4
TGF-β	387.8	134.0–861.9
TNF-RII	18,243.3	15,326.0–22,962.6