Table 5.

Difference in proinflammatory cytokines between patients with and without clinical treatment progress.

Difference in proinflammatory cytokines	NP group (N = 12)		ET group (N = 10)		P valuea
	Median	Q1–Q3	Median	Q1–Q3
IL-1α	−11.97	−39.08–45.53	142.70	37.5–188.77	0.02
IL-1β	−28.38	−118.3–2.99	−0.13	−14.53–0.86	0.04
IL-6	−0.72	−7.19–0.05	3.33	2.76–10.18	0.0014
IL-8	−87.31	−133.23–−38.42	7.84	−51.79–64.65	0.02
TNF-α	0.11	0.00–1.02	0.41	−0.11–1.47	0.97
TNF-β	−0.01	−0.04–0.08	0.01	−0.02–0.16	0.45

^aMann-Whitney U test.

NP group: nonprogress treatment group.

ET group: effective treatment group.