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. 2017 Apr 6;9(4):365. doi: 10.3390/nu9040365

Table 2.

Absolute levels of peripheral immune mediators stratified by cohort and case status.

Peripheral Immune Mediators Birth Cohort Newly Diagnosed Cohort
Patient Control Patient Sibling
(n = 470) (n = 500) (n = 460) (n = 453)
IL-1β
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 45.1/22.8–80.0 40.3/21.3–77.1 23.0/10.3–71.3 18.2/8.1–58.9
IL-4
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 20.1/12.4–31.0 20.7/12.8–31.7 9.5/2.0–21.7 8.4/2.0–17.2
IL-6
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 33.7/21.3–60.0 37.5/22.1–65.5
CXCL8
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 85.2/58.7–138.4 89.8/63.7–138.3 2517.3/433.5–4914.1 1923.5/305.6–4593.0
IL-10
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 242.9/64.5–793.8 245.3/72.5–721.2 47.2/25.8–92.8 44.2/20.9–79.7
IL-12
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 94.8/56.5–147.8 92.9/52.5–146.5 27.5/12.3–56.1 21.7/10.2–45.6
IL-18
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 183.8/119.8–285.9 142.4/104.0–212.0
IFNγ
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 34.7/17.1–61.9 39.8/19.8–65.2 106.1/57.9–211.3 93.9/50.1–177.3
TNFα
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 43.7/25.8–67.7 42.7/26.1–68.0 69.4/26.3–134.8 65.0/16.1–131.9
TGFβ
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 927.2/603.5–1385.3 1006.6/687.7–1414.9 233.6/142.6–341.3 166.9/104.2–256.4
Leptin
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 3079/1953–4678 3143/2022–4588 368.1/174.5–772.1 430.6/192.1–930.7
Adiponectin
Median/Q1–Q3, mg/L 13.4/9.3–20.1 13.3/9.1–19.8 14.9/11.0–19.5 14.4/11.1–19.7
CRP
Median/Q1–Q3, mg/L 0.9/0.3–2.0 1.0/0.4–2.0 0.04/0.01–0.16 0.02/0.01–0.09
MBL
Median/Q1–Q3, mg/L 0.6/0.2–1.0 0.5/0.18–1.1 1.9/0.7–3.3 1.2/0.5–2.3
sTREM-1
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 2868.5/1533.4–4930.9 2693.5/1524.9–5180.5 3368/244–16411 1085/244–9442
CCL2
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 303.3/174.3–725.6 261.1/146.1–683.5
CCL3
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 234.5/120.4–520.3 202.2/107.7–517.7
CCL4
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/L 330.7/187.1–704.5 320.1/186.8–739.6
CCL5
Median/Q1–Q3, ng/mL 10.8/6.7–29.2 13.7/7.2–36.3

IL, interleukin; IFNγ, interferon gamma; TNFα, tumor necrosis factor alpha; TGFβ, transforming growth factor beta; CRP, c-reactive protein; MBL, mannose-binding lectin; sTREM-1, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1, CXCL, chemokine (c-x-c motif) ligand; CCL, chemokine (c-c motif) ligand.