Table 5.

Difference between survivors and non-survivors in median cytokine levels at hour 24

	Non-survivors	Survivors	P-value
TNF-α	59,37 (0.37–179.8)	37.52 (0.37–122.6)	0.31
IL-10	1050 (274.1–5318)	450.2 (342.2–627.4)	0.13
IL-6	302.3 (102.8–581.6)	107.9 (20.5–252.2)	0.04*

Survivors defined as rats alive until 72 h after CLP, non-survivors defined as rats dead between 24 and 72 h after CLP

IL interleukin, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alfa, CLP cecal ligation and puncture

Values denote medians with IQR. Comparisons were performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test

*p= 0.04 comparing parameter in survivors vs. non-survivors. No other significant differences (p < 0.05) were found