Table 3.

Serum cytokine concentrations (excluding observations with CV >15 %)

	Achilles tendon status
Analyte (pg/mL)	n	Normal	n	Tendinopathy	p-value
TNF-α	8	179.52 (62.30)	18	119.93 (47.35)	0.030
IL-1β	10	13.08 (3.38)	22	11.18 (2.99)	0.193
bFGF	9	68.42 (28.11)	18	70.12 (27.89)	0.643
INF-γ	9	171.65 (73.43)	21	147.58 (39.57)	0.769
PDGF-BB	10	12041.49 (2813.68)	22	11062.68 (3447.73)	0.088
VEGF	9	211.36 (134.34)	20	232.60 (117.48)	0.5093