Table 4.

Serum levels of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer patients

Cytokines	IBD patients	CRC patients	P value (U-test)
TGFB1 (ng/mL)	11.19 (9.36-20.99)	22.57 (18.08-29.65)	0.0008
IL-10 (pg/mL)	0.4 (0.0-2.8)	8.29 (6.75-15.12)	0.000001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.0 (0.0-2.7)	3.21 (2.03-4.19)	0.012
IL-23A (pg/mL)	0.7 (0.0-3.7)	27.55 (25.35-33.0)	0.000001
IL-17A (pg/mL)	0.0 (0.0-0.26)	2.85 (0.0-9.0)	0.034

The results are presented as median (IQR: 25%-75% percentile). IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; CRC: Colorectal cancer.