Table 5.

Differences in the serum cytokine levels in the adult Tanzanian patients based on gender and mycobacterial culture from lymph nodes.

Cytokine (pg/mL)	Male (n = 27) Median (range)	Female (n = 34) Median (range)	P value∗	Culture positive (n = 13) Median (range)	Culture negative (n = 48) Median (range)	P value∗∗
IFN-γ	0.0 (0–42.8)	0.0 (0–30.9)	0.98	0.0 (0–22.4)	0.0 (0–42.8)	0.383
TNF-α	3.2 (0–352.5)	11.8 (0–73)	0.15	8.4 (0.5–352.5)	12.4 (0–72.9)	0.874
GM-CSF	35.2 (0–507)	55.1 (0–457)	0.96	35.2 (0–506.9)	34.5 (0–457.7)	0.864
IL-1β	72.6 (0–1338)	5.7 (0–6305)	0.51	0.0 (0–1338.8)	66.5 (0–6305.4)	0.746
IL-2	0.0 (0–28)	0.0 (0–19.8)	0.31	0.0 (0–28.2)	0.0 (0–19.8)	0.193
IL-4	0 (0–9.5)	0 (0–18)	0.30	0.0 (0–6.8)	0.0 (0–18.5)	0.360
IL-5	1.5 (0–10)	0.75 (0–6.4)	0.16	1.0 (0–8.1)	1.0 (0–10.0)	0.465
IL-6	46.4 (0–18979)	55.5 (0–25781)	0.80	46.4 (0–18979.1)	55.6 (0–25781.5)	0.825
IL-8	362 (0–27670)	419 (0–386577)	0.70	638.2 (0–27670.3)	366.4 (0–386578.0)	0.486
IL-10	0.0 (0–29)	0.0 (0–22)	0.96	0.0 (0–29.3)	0.0 (0–22.8)	0.513
IL-12	0 (0–20.7)	0.1 (0–37)	0.03	0.3 (0–20.7)	0.0 (0–37.8)	0.029
IL-15	0.0 (0–61)	0.0 (0–25)	0.77	0.6 (0–21.1)	0.0 (0–61.4)	0.223
IL-17	0 (0–134)	0	0.04	0.0 (0–26.1)	0.0 (0–133.7)	0.638

^∗ P value for difference between males and females and ^∗∗ P value for difference between culture positive and culture negative TB patients.