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Table 2.

Alcohol‐use characteristics and their relationship with cytokine levels. Results are expressed as median values with 25/75 percentiles

Cytokine	Frequency of alcohol use		P‐value^a	Ethanol consumed per day		P‐value^a	Alcohol‐use disorder		P‐value^a	Abstinence duration		P‐value^a
Cytokine	≤3 days per week	≥4 days per week	P‐value^a	<10 units	≥10 units	P‐value^a	Alcohol abuse	Alcohol dependence	P‐value^a	<10 days	≥10 days	P‐value^a
IL‐6	8.07 (7.39/10.6)	9.1 (7.19/10.8)	0.079	8.63 (7.23/10.6)	8.91 (6.91/10.9)	0.352	8.14 (7.25/10)	9.10 (7.27/10.9)	0.317	8.36 (6.48/11.4)	8.91 (7.6/10.8)	0.249
TNF‐α	31.9 (24.6/40)	31.9 (25.3/40)	0.389	31.9 (26.9/39.6)	32.3 (25.6/40.4)	0.620	30.7 (20.5/36.6)	32.6 (25/40.4)	0.454	33.1 (23.2/40)	31.9 (25.3/40)	0.600
IFN‐γ	86.4 (67.9/125)	98.4 (74.6/118)	0.026	90.1 (71.2/113)	93.5 (70.6/123)	0.826	80.4 (66.4/102)	95.4 (71.2/124)	0.313	83.4 (60.4/124)	98.9 (77.3/119)	0.095
IL‐10	9 (5.31/10.6)	9.35 (6.91/12.2)	0.005	8.41 (5.31/10.7)	9.35 (6.91/12.2)	0.024	7.59 (6.73/10.5)	9.35 (6.27/11.9)	0.746	9.18 (4.75/12.3)	9.35 (7.04/11.8)	0.157

P‐values were calculated by Mann–Whitney U‐test. Significant values are shown in bold.