. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 12.

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Table 3.

Statistical analysis of plasma cytokines levels in the study groups

	P-value Between-groups ANOVA	P-value TN versus NR	P-value TN versus SVR	P-value TN versus healthy	P-value NR versus SVR	P-value NR versus healthy	P-value SVR versus control
IL-2	0.28	0.08	0.33	0.84	> 0.99	0.09	0.38
IL-4	0.0001^*	0.07	< 0.0001^*	0.0002^*	0.0106^*	0.003^*	0.053
IL-10	0.006^*	0.2918	0.003^*	0.009^*	0.04^*	0.01^*	0.93
TNF-α	0.0016^*	0.77	0.04^*	0.0069^*	0.0047^*	0.0009^*	0.0958
IFN-γ	0.51	0.99	0.60	0.77	0.6	0.55	0.47

Significant difference.

IFN-γ, γ-interferon; IL, interleukin; NR, non-responders; SVR, sustained virologic response; TN, treatment naïve; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.