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. 2017 Dec;6(6):625–634. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2017.09.13

Table 2. Cytokine levels in platelet-poor samples.

Cytokine n Mean Std. error 95% CI for mean P value Minimum Maximum
Lower bound Upper bound
EGF 38 289.2 49.0 189.9 388.5 0.7 101.3 1,627.3
Eotaxin 38 54.8 10.3 34.0 75.6 0.6 2.8 200.5
Fractal 38 109.9 14.2 81.2 138.6 0.3 20.1 437.6
G-CSF 38 611.2 221.9 161.1 1,061.3 0.9 3.0 5,756.9
GM-CSF 38 39.8 11.0 17.6 62.1 0.3 2.0 413.2
IFN-γ 38 865.2 134.4 592.8 1,137.6 0.7 3.0 2,749.2
IL-10 38 69.8 14.7 40.0 99.6 0.2 1.6 351.2
IL-12p40 38 24.9 10.6 3.4 46.4 0.5 5.0 349.5
IL-12p70 38 366.5 177.8 6.2 726.7 0.4 3.0 6,599.6
IL-13 38 93.6 37.4 17.8 169.4 0.4 1.4 1,013.7
IL-15 38 48.3 21.8 4.1 92.4 0.3 2.9 769.4
IL-17 38 12.9 6.3 0.2 25.6 0.6 0.2 232.1
IL-1α 38 33.7 9.1 15.3 52.0 0.3 1.6 222.8
IL-1β 38 399.9 98.5 200.4 599.5 0.6 3.0 2,975.8
IL-1Rα 38 12.4 5.0 2.3 22.5 0.7 0.4 156.3
IL-2 38 31.1 16.9 -3.1 65.4 0.6 0.8 639.5
IL-4 38 17.0 5.2 6.4 27.6 0.5 0.4 150.9
IL-5 38 30.9 16.2 -1.9 63.7 0.2 0.1 457.9
IL-6 38 4.3 1.4 1.5 7.1 0.7 1.8 48.5
IL-7 38 80.2 20.7 38.2 122.2 0.8 0.8 520.5
IL-8 38 15.9 4.0 7.8 23.9 0.4 3.0 92.6
IP-10 38 16.4 4.1 8.1 24.7 0.2 0.5 116.0
MCP-1 38 1,021.3 72.7 873.9 1,168.6 0.5 267.9 2,122.5
MCP-1α 38 220.9 12.3 195.9 245.8 0.6 81.8 393.6
MCP-1β 38 193.3 29.9 132.7 253.9 0.2 3.0 695.3
sCD40L 38 126.9 20.5 85.3 168.4 0.4 16.5 530.8
TGF-α 38 15.8 3.8 8.2 23.5 0.1 3.0 72.9
TNF-α 38 8.0 2.1 3.7 12.3 0.6 1.0 59.1
VEGF 38 260.6 63.4 132.3 389.0 0.5 3.0 1,724.1

EGF, epidermal growth factor; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; MCP, monocyte chemoattractant protein; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.