Table 5.

IL-6 concentration (pg/mL) in the serum of alcoholics and healthy controls.

Groups	Mean ± SD	Median	Minimum	Maximum
C	2.88 ± 1.56	2.33	1.35	5.48
P-Ch 0	5.92 ± 2.04	5.69	2.88	9.64
P-Ch A	24.45 ± 4.09	25.33	18.52	28.76
P-Ch B	33.72 ± 11.25	33.66	18.00	57.77
P-Ch C	60.34 ± 34.94	50.99	18.04	146.92

Key: P-Ch 0: alcoholics without liver cirrhosis; P-Ch stages A, B, and C: alcoholics with liver cirrhosis Pugh-Child stages A–C; C: healthy controls.