TABLE 3.

Results from the current analysis, compared to meta-analysis by Qin et al. (2016).

Measurement	Alignment with previous meta-analysis	Additional notes
IL-6	Current paper does not show significance	P = 0.045 in meta-analysis
TNF-α	Agrees (significance)
IL-1 β	Agrees (significance)	Not significant in ordinal model (see IL-1α note below)
CRP	Current paper does not show significance	P = 0.02 in meta-analysis
IL-10	Current paper does not show significance	P = 0.02 in current paper
IL-2	Not measured in current paper
IFNγ	Agrees (Non-significance)
IL-4	Agrees (Non-significance)
IL-8	Agrees (Non-significance)
IL-1α	Not measured in meta-analysis	Significant in ordinal model unlike IL-1β
IL-17A	Not measured in meta-analysis