Table 4.
Serum cytokine concentrations analysed by sex and tendon status (all data points)
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyte (pg/mL) | Normal (n = 6) |
Tendinopathy (n = 15) |
p | Normal (n = 4) |
Tendinopathy (n = 7) |
p |
| TNF-α | 153.25 (65.81) |
132.02 (30.06) |
0.586 | 204.09 (58.13) |
76.65 (50.93) |
0.014 |
| IL-1β | 12.23 (3.79) |
11.68 (2.08) |
0.938 | 14.35 (2.60) |
10.12 (4.37) |
0.059 |
| bFGF | 76.64 (29.83) |
72.54 (24.76) |
0.815 | 54.35 (15.56) |
53.049 (27.06) |
0.850 |
| INF-γ | 168.99 (72.33) |
150.93 (42.14) |
0.876 | 198.26 (86.17) |
122.53 (54.10) |
0.257 |
| PDGF-BB | 11108.4 (3378.3) |
11181.3 (2857.4) |
0.640 | 13441.1 (613.2) |
10808.5 (4737.1) |
0.023 |
| VEGF | 238.97 (155.33) |
240.2367 (130.653 |
0.876 | 149.57 (59.24) |
167.4 (95.6) |
0.571 |