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Table 4.

The association between IL-6 and patients’ characteristics in STS.

Variables		N	Mean levels of IL-6 (pg/ml)	p value
Gender	Male	32	9.98	0.65
Gender	Female	27	8.51	0.65
Tumor depth	Superficial	10	8.06	0.58
Tumor depth	Deep	49	10.44	0.58
Tumor grade	G1	16	4.01	<0.0001*
	G2	20	6.71
	G3	23	23.76