Table 7.
CD4+ Treg Cytokine Producing Cells in BPD vs Non-BPD GEE (Generalized Estimating Equation) method.
BPD – (n=23) | BPD + (n=17) | |||||
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% | Un-stimulated (U) Stimulated (S) | M e a n | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev | p-value (GEE) |
IL-6 | U | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.25 |
S | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.17 | |
IL-10 | U | 0.58 | 0.96 | 1.34 | 2.62 | 0.25 |
S | 0.56 | 0.42 | 1.69 | 2.98 | 0.11 | |
IL-17 | U | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.29 |
S | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 2.68 | 0.25 | |
IFN-γ | U | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.77 | 2.26 | 0.22 |
S | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 0.07 | |
TNF-α | U | 0.13 | 0.32 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.48 |
S | 0.38 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 1.15 | 0.34 |