Table II.

Mean values of cytokines in controls and cases (statistically significant differences are indicated with *).

Cytokine	Value in controls (mean+SD)	Value in cases (mean+SD)
IL-1b	3.3133333 ± 0.8841418	3.674 ± 0.8323154
IL-1ra*	174.90667 ± 17.770011	237.06833 ± 75.716824
IL-2*	1.715 ± 2.9156251	8.0387097 ± 7.2977836
IL-4	9.425 ± 2.0147332	11.432258 ± 2.3363158
IL-5*	3.4616667 ± 0.412864	4.4770968 ± 1.8866005
IL-6*	9.1083333 ± 1.1434232	14.095806 ± 4.3274864
IL-7	13.881667 ± 2.6957776	16.143548 ± 4.848343
IL-8*	32.186667 ± 5.5094489	40.000323 ± 10.059768
IL-9	33.548333 ± 18.8509	46.597097 ± 25.720585
IL-10	30.395 ± 33.645025	22.915161 ± 12.610672
IL-12	95.153333 ± 37.067161	132.97935 ± 84.327459
IL-13	12.19512,195 ± 3.6285024	14.570645 ± 5.7731684
IL-17*	190.29667 ± 61.275395	253.8671 ± 67.58494
Eotaxin	233.67167 ± 97.855583	243.08645 ± 112.18061
FGF-basic	47.305 ± 23.345764	55.560645 ± 27.172748
G-CSF	72.231667 ± 18.809514	75.645161 ± 16.2412
IFN-γ*	311.015 ± 51.866943	376.45903 ± 75.010629
IP-10*	1488.3367 ± 510.41972	2502.8471 ± 1098.5081
Hu MCP-1(MCAF)	60.086667 ± 21.832594	45.274839 ± 16.429516
Hu MIP-1a	8.8483333 ± 2.2179217	9.0803226 ± 2.1559568
PDGF-bb	14614.73 ± 5313.271	17966.356 ± 4937.8699
MIP-1b	113.71333 ± 34.277828	118.45355 ± 30.917572
RANTES	9447.305 ± 850.45661	9032.6235 ± 1481.9593
TNF-alpha	39.131667 ± 7.2147	43.99129 ± 11.821503
VEGF	132.37667 ± 65.794253	203.30032 ± 175.79658