Table 3.

Cytokine concentration in gastric mucosa of children examined, according to Sydney System[25] (pg/mg)

Group	IL-2	IL-4	IL-5	IL-8	IL-10	IFN-γ	TNF-α
Fa	44.8	23.6	35.5	59.9	39.9	40.6	21.7
Hp	116.5b	35.3	34.1	88.0b	79.3b	18.9b	45.9b
Fa+Hp	98.1df	37.2	29.9	101.2d	50.1	25.5f	45.3df
C	45.7h	22.7	30.8	93.8f	40.4h	49.9h	31.6j

^bP<0.01 vs Fa and Hp,

^dP<0.01 vs Fa and Fa+Hp,

^fP<0.01 vs Fa and C,

^hP<0.01 vs Hp and C,

^jP<0.01 vs Fa+Hp and C.