Table 3. Blood cytokine concentrations in the ASD and TD groups.

	ASD N=32		TD N=28		Value	P
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
IL-17F ng/ml	0.11	0.602	0.02	0.033	0.848	0.400
IFN-γ pg/ml	7.81	6.010	6.85	3.484	0.742	0.461
IL-10 pg/ml	0.68	0.965	0.51	0.969	0.686	0.496
IL-17A pg/ml	6.92	2.982	5.65	1.761	1.963	0.048*
IL-22 ng/ml	1.30	7.245	0.24	0.625	0.771	0.444
IL-1B pg/ml	3.09	1.177	2.53	0.608	2.252	0.023*
IL-2 pg/ml	3.98	1.832	3.30	1.132	1.696	0.095
IL-21 pg/ml	13.34	8.717	9.76	6.390	1.792	0.078
IL-4 ng/ml	0.04	0.026	0.03	0.023	0.559	0.578
IL-6 pg/ml	3.78	5.099	1.90	2.694	1.749	0.086
TNF-α pg/ml	12.15	4.627	8.77	3.168	3.259	0.002*

* P < 0.05 between the ASD and control groups.