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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2016 Apr;157(4):949–956. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000473

Table 3.

Biomarkers at each time point (baseline and following QST) by group (matched SCD patients and healthy matched controls). nMean (SD)

BL 3 4 5 6 7
Multiplex

IFNγ-SCD 2710.5 (11.6) 2311.0 (14.4) 2312.1 (17.1) 2311.9 (17.3 178.6 (7.4) 129.2 (10.1)
IFNγ-HC 235.5 (7.1) 225.4 (6.3) 225.0 (5.7) 225.2 (5.9) 214.5 (5.2) 214.5 (5.3)

IL1B-SCD 220.03 (0.04) 180.03 (0.04) 180.02 (0.04) 180.03 (0.05) 130.03 (0.04) 100.05 (0.07)
IL1B-HC 110.03 (0.03) 110.03 (0.04) 100.05 (0.05) 110.04 (0.04) 100.17 (0.41) 90.41 (0.96)

IL2-SCD 260.23 (0.35) 220.20 (0.33) 220.24 (0.31) 220.21 (0.25) 160.12 (0.13) 110.12 (0.08)
IL2-HC 230.16 (0.13) 220.13 (0.14) 220.13 (0.14) 220.14 (0.11) 210.15 (0.13) 210.13 (0.12)

IL4-SCD 250.02 (0.02) 200.02 (0.02) 200.02 (0.02) 200.03 (0.03) 140.03 (0.03) 90.03 (0.02)
IL4-HC 180.02 (0.02) 160.02 (0.02) 160.02 (0.02) 160.03 (0.03) 160.03 (0.03) 150.02 (0.02)

IL6-SCD 260.7 (0.74) 220.8 (0.4) 221.0 (0.5) 221.5 (2.1) 171.3 (0.5) 121.7 (0.9)
IL6-HC 230.5 (0.3) 220.6 (0.3) 220.7 (0.4) 220.8 (0.4) 211.1 (0.8) 211.2 (0.9)

IL8-SCd 278.5 (4.8) 237.6 (6.4) 2312.1 (15.2) 2310.9 (13.0) 1713.4 (6.9) 1119.8 (34.8)
IL8-HC 234.0 (2.1) 224.1 (2.4) 224.0 (2.3) 224.3 (2.0) 216.6 (10.3) 216.6 (10.9)

IL-10-SCD 270.4 (0.2 230.4 (0.3) 230.4 (0.3) 230.4 (0.3) 170.5(0.4) 120.4 (0.3)
IL-10-HC 230.2 (0.1) 220.2 (0.1) 220.2 (0.1) 220.2 (0.1) 210.2 (0.1) 210.2 (0.1)

IL-12 270.1 (0.1) 230.2 (0.1) 230.2 (0.1) 230.2 (0.1) 170.2 (0.1) 110.2 (0.1)
IL-12-HC 230.2 (0.2) 220.2 (0.2) 220.2 (0.2) 220.2 (0.1 210.2 (0.1 210.2 (0.2

IL-13-SCD 261.1 (0.8) 221.1 (0.9) 221.4 (0.8) 221.3 (0.8) 161.3 (0.9) 121.5 (1.2)
IL13-HC 230.9 (0.9) 220.8 (1.0) 220.9 (0.8) 220.9 (1.0) 211.0 (1.0) 210.9 (1.0)

Single Assays

TNFα-SCD 272.1 (1.0) 222.1 (1.1) 232.2 (1.1) 212.2 (1.0) 172.3 (1.3) 112.5(1.4)
TNFα-HC 271.3 (1.1) 251.3 (0.9) 261.3 (0.9) 251.4 (1.0) 251.3 (1.0) 251.3 (1.0)

NPY-SCD 2714.3 (7.0) 2315.2 (8.1) 2315.2 (8.7) 2215.7 (7.5) 1913.7 (8.9) 1610.4 (10.1)
NPY-HC 2319.3 (6.1) 2221.0 (6.9) 2220.6 (6.2) 2221.1 (6.6) 2122.1 (6.5) 2121.2 (6.9)

ET-SCD 271.4 (0.4) 231.6 (0.5) 231.8 (0.5) 211.9 (0.6) 172.0 (0.7) 112.0 (0.6)
ET-HC 231.8 (0.5) 222.0 (0.6) 222.2 (0.8) 222.2 (0.7) 212.3 (0.7) 212.4 (0.8)

SP-SCD 27343.2
(188.3)
23367.6
(192.5)
23391.4
(203.8)
22375.1
(188.5)
17337.6
(172.5)
11349.5
(112.0)
SP-HC 23415.0
(754.5)
22481.2
(874.5)
22493.8
(859.3)
22498.6
(859.8)
21514.7
(902.6)
21477.0
(738.0)

IFN-γ: Interferon gamma, IL: Interleukin, TNFα: Tumor necrosis factor alpha, NPY: Neuropeptide Y, ET: Endothelium, SP: Substance P. All measures are reported as sample size n in superscript (n) mean (SD).