Table 2.
Log10 (pg/mL) selected cytokine level | Quartile 1 (<172 m), n = 131 | Quartile 2 (172–220 m), n = 161 | Quartile 3 (221–496 m), n = 151 | Quartile 4 (>496 m), n = 134 | P for trend |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IL 1β | −0.07 (0.42) | −0.19 (0.62) | −0.10 (0.57) | −0.21 (0.56) | 0.15 |
IL 4 | 0.58 (0.93) | 0.71 (0.89) | 0.35 (0.97) | 0.46 (0.96) | 0.04 |
IL 6 | 0.83 (0.46) | 0.79 (0.56) | 0.72 (0.58) | 0.71 (0.59) | 0.04 |
IL 10 | 0.67 (1.01) | 0.64 (1.04) | 0.54 (0.97) | 0.41 (1.04) | 0.03 |
IL 17A | 0.70 (0.84) | 0.48 (0.91) | 0.75 (0.80) | 0.59 (0.81) | 0.98 |
IL 17F | 0.99 (1.06) | 1.23 (0.96) | 0.74 (1.08) | 0.82 (1.09) | 0.01 |
IL 21 | 0.64 (0.77) | 0.58 (0.78) | 0.57 (0.74) | 0.47 (0.70) | 0.06 |
IL 22 | 0.41 (0.91) | 0.25 (0.96) | 0.45 (0.93) | 0.30 (0.93) | 0.80 |
IL 23 | 0.09 (0.59) | −0.01 (0.39) | 0.15 (0.62) | 0.09 (0.57) | 0.37 |
IL 25 | 0.66 (0.32) | 0.66 (0.46) | 0.60 (0.37) | 0.58 (0.42) | 0.06 |
IL 31 | 1.32 (0.87) | 1.49 (0.80) | 1.17 (1.00) | 1.11 (1.02) | 0.004 |
IL 33 | 1.75 (0.60) | 1.58 (0.84) | 1.76 (0.53) | 1.61 (0.76) | 0.49 |
IFN γ | 0.79 (1.08) | 1.02 (1.10) | 0.59 (1.12) | 0.69 (1.10) | 0.07 |
TNFα | 0.85 (0.23) | 0.84 (0.23) | 0.83 (0.23) | 0.80 (0.27) | 0.13 |
Results presented as mean (SD).
P value for trend obtained using unadjusted ordinal regression.