Table 1.
Characteristics of the investigated patients and the laboratory results in Groups 1 and 2.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | p level | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid N | Median | Lower Q | Upper Q | Range | Valid N | Median | Lower Q | Upper Q | Range | ||
| Age at baseline (years) | 16 | 74.1 | 72.0 | 75.5 | 28.2 | 37 | 64.2 | 63.0 | 69.1 | 29.0 | 0.000 |
| Diagnosis (years) | 16 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 22.1 | 37 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 18.1 | 0.150 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 16 | 2.71 | 1.92 | 4.51 | 4.72 | 37 | 1.93 | 1.90 | 2.31 | 4.11 | 0.035 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | 16 | 7.21 | 5.95 | 10.15 | 24.40 | 37 | 5.81 | 4.42 | 8.90 | 14.72 | 0.058 |
IL-6 = interleukin-6.
TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
p = nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test for independent components.
Significant differences are in bold.