. 2018 Mar 21;24(11):1228–1238. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i11.1228

Table 3.

Levels of the studied cytokines among different studied groups

	Normal	Chronic hepatitis	Cirrhosis	HCC	P value
IL-2	22.13 ± 2.21^A1	16.28 ± 2.12^B	11.36 ± 0.95^C	10.24 ± 0.64^C	< 0.001
IL-10	74.8 1 ± 1.34^A	98.46 ± 4.01^AB	104.11 ± 9.35^B	132.1 ± 14.26^C	< 0.01
IL-12	0.06 ± 0.01^A	0.09 ± 0.01^A	0.15 ± 0.06^A	0.08 ± 0.01^A	0.393
IL-1β	3.46 ± 0.15^A	6.48 ± 0.58^A	6.71 ± 2.39^A	21.38 ± 4.88^B	< 0.001
IFN-α	31.20 ± 0.67^A	32.28 ± 1.44^A	21.31 ± 1.01^B	18.49 ± 1.37^B	< 0.001
IFN-γ	20.47 ± 0.49^A	29.75 ± 0.68^B	17.51 ± 1.18^C	10.46 ± 0.56^D	< 0.001
TNF-αR2	6.03 ± 0.07^A	13.25 ± 1.73^A	10.09 ± 0.97^A	47.42 ± 6.74^B	< 0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. ¹Groups having the same letters in the same variable are statistically insignificant. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; IFN: Interferon; IL: Interleukin; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.