Table 2.

Serum IL‐4, IL‐5 and IFN‐γ levels of four study groups

	Influenza virus group	Parainfluenza virus group	RSV group	Adenovirus group
IL‐4 (pg/mL)	2.8 ± 2.2	15.4 ± 5.2†	14.3 ± 3.5†	17.5 ± 7.8†
IL‐5 (pg/mL)	6.5 ± 3.1	15.1 ± 4.9†	11.5 ± 3.2†	14.5 ± 5.5†
IFN‐γ (pg/mL)	38.5 ± 14.3	30.1 ± 19.1	19.4 ± 13.5†	37.5 ± 13.3
IL‐4/IFN‐γ	0.29 ± 0.16	0.71 ± 0.25	3.35 ± 1.91†	3.32 ± 1.43†

*Means ± SD.

^†p < 0.05 versus influenza virus group.