Table 2.

Baseline proinflammatory cytokine profiles of study subjects by treatment outcome strata.

	NP group (N = 12)	ET group (N = 10)	P valuea
	Median (Q1–Q3)
IL-1α	120.18 (12.58–167.16)	67.97 (52.3–190.12)	0.97
IL-1β	28.55 (3.15–119.49)	5.99 (0.18–14.8)	0.07
IL-6	5.21 (1–9.46)	1.24 (0.78–4.24)	0.15
IL-8	125.68 (50.05–184.49)	50.8 (16.9–138.74)	0.19
TNF-α	0.00 (0.00–0.11)	0.10 (0.00–0.12)	0.18
TNF-β	0.18 (0.16–0.21)	0.21 (0.17–0.23)	0.19

^aMann-Whitney U test.