Table 2.
Serum levels of TNF-α, IL-12/23p40, and IL-17 in psoriatic patients and controls.
| Cytokines | Psoriatic patients (n = 32) |
Controls (n = 32) |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | |||
| Mean ± SD | 7.45 ± 1.98 | 4.21 ± 1.80 | 0.000* |
| Median (min–max) | 7.41 (2.23–10.80) |
3.84 (1.80–7.13) |
|
| IL-12/23p40 (pg/mL) | |||
| Mean ± SD | 93.63 ± 58.20 | 91.51 ± 45.89 | 0.968 |
| Median (min–max) | 60.02 (36.18–198.34) |
93.75 (26.10–207.51) |
|
| IL-17 (pg/mL) | |||
| Mean ± SD | 2.67 ± 3.46 | 1.80 ± 2.81 | 0.311 |
| Median (min–max) | 0.45 (0.00–8.59) |
0.00 (0.00–11.35) |
Mann-Whitney U test; *statistically significant.