Table 2.

The levels of IL-6, IL-17A and IL-21 in NR, PR and CR groups

	NR	PR	CR	NR vs PR	PR vs CR	NR vs CR
				P	P	P
IL-6 (pg/ml)	12.90±5.49	6.63±4.18	6.14±3.64	0.031	0.959	0.012
IL-17A (pg/ml)	2.29±2.05	1.80±2.32	0.99±0.88	0.863	0.553	0.348
IL-21 (pg/ml)	21.72±8.57	9.51±8.98	8.70±8.43	0.042	0.972	0.018

NR: non-remission; PR: partial remission; CR: complete remission. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.