Table 3.

Salivary IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α levels in control subjects and in adult patients with CF.

Cytokines (pg/mL) a	Controls (n = 50)	p Value	CF Patients (n = 129)
IL-6	28.2 (14.0–47.2)	4.3 × 10−8	49.5 (40.4–70.1)
IL-8	55.0 (28.8–81.3)	3.2 × 10−15	300 (130–514)
TNF-α	12.4 (7.6–26.4)	0.042	19.9 (7.6–39.0)

^a Data are reported as the median (interquartile range), and the comparisons were performed by Mann Whitney U test.