Table 3.

Concentrations of selected cytokines. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, in case of non-parametric distribution, median (25th - 75th percentile)

	MS (n = 19)	Controls (n = 19)
IL-1β (pg/ml)	2.48 ± 1.08	2.23 ± 0.97
IL-2 (pg/ml)	10.55 ± 7.56	9.73 ± 7.07
IL-4 (pg/ml)	4.58 ± 1.94	4.06 ± 2.40
IL-5 (pg/ml)	9.84 ± 6.13	8.20 ± 6.19
IL-6 (pg/ml)	9.51 ± 4.80	9.10 ± 6.10
IL-7 (pg/ml)	15.28 ± 8.16	14.07 ± 8.44
IL-8 (pg/ml)	30.99 ± 12.92	25.76 ± 14.43
IL-10 (pg/ml)	6.00 ± 3.52	5.67 ± 3.06
IL-12 (pg/ml)	18.63 ± 12.95	16.33 ± 11.69
IL-13 (pg/ml)	15.97 ± 6.77	16.59 ± 9.48
IL-17 (pg/ml)	29.06 (24.05–39.17)	30.30 ± 23.59
G-CSF (pg/ml)	134.7 ± 50.5	144.0 ± 79.1
GM-CSF (pg/ml)	23.29 ± 19.75	25.97 ± 21.57
IFN-γ (pg/ml)	302 ± 156	252 ± 167
TNF-α (pg/ml)	56.89 ± 41.18	51.53 ± 38.27