Table 2.

Time courses of IFN-gamma, IL-4 and their ratios among groups

	Group S		Group HD		Group FD
	(n = 24)		(n = 26)		(n = 25)
IFN-gamma (pg/ml)
T0	74.2	(2.2, 141.4)	88.4	(1.6, 250.1)	87.6	(28.1, 219.3)
T1	18.8	(1.8, 48.7)*	126	(36.3, 278.7)†	203	(51.0, 386.5)†
T2	11.5	(1.3, 45.5)*	125	(10.6, 400.5)†	210	(41.6, 503.4)†
IL-4 (pg/ml)
T0	81.6	(21.6, 145.5)	90.9	(20.7, 250.1)	91.6	(30.1, 223.4)
T1	80.7	(13.3, 209.6)	67.2	(1.4, 231.3)	20.1	(2.3, 66.7)*
T2	98.9	(26.5, 217.2)	30.1	(1.9, 99.3)	28.4	(1.2, 108.7)*
IFN-gamma/IL-4
T0	0.9	(0.2, 2.6)	1.0	(0.2, 1.9)	1.0	(0.3, 1.3)
T1	0.2	(0.1, 0.6)*	1.9	(0.2, 6.4)†	10.1	(3.5, 15.1)*†‡
T2	0.1	(0.0, 0.3)*	4.1	(1.1, 10.4)*†	7.4	(0.8, 21.8)*†

Values are median with quartiles (25, 75%)

T0, after induction of anaesthesia (baseline); T1, at the end of surgery;

T2, 1 h after surgery at postanaesthetic care unit

*, P < 0.05 vs. T0; †, P < 0.05 vs. group S;

‡, P < 0.05 vs. group HD

S saline, HD half dose, FD full dose