Table 2.

Serum cytokine concentrations (all data points)

	Achilles tendon status
Analyte (pg/mL)	Normal (n = 10)	Tendinopathy (n = 22)	p-value
TNF-α	173.58 (64.98)	114.40 (45.17)	0.018
IL-1β	13.08 (3.38)	11.18 (2.99)	0.193
bFGF	67.72 (26.60)	66.34 (26.53)	0.968
INF-γ	180.70 (74.90)	141.89 (46.94)	0.371
PDGF-BB	12041.49 (2813.68)	11062.68 (3447.73)	0.088
VEGF	203.21 (129.25)	217.05 (123.28)	0.626