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. 2016 Sep 15;16:488. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1823-5

Table 5.

The influence on cytokines (interleukins and TNF-α)

Cytokines Included studies Cases Chi I2 % SMD 95 % CI P
IL-6 4 [27, 28, 34, 41] 189 28 89 % −0.32 −1.24,0.6 0.49
IL-10 3 [27, 28, 34] 129 2.63 24 % 1.06 0.64,1.49 <0.00001
TNF-α 4 [28, 29, 34, 35] 190 2.55 0 % −0.47 −0.76,–0.18 0.002