Table 4.

Salivary IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α levels in CF patients with and without inferior turbinate hypertrophy (NTH) and nasal polyposis (NP).

Cytokines (pg/mL)	no-NTH/no-NP (n = 77)	NTH (n = 31)	NP (n = 21)	p Value
IL-6	55.3 (36.0–75.7)	67.0 (45.5–86.1) a	43.5 (30.8–49.5)	0.036
IL-8	388 (261)	566 (386) b	387 (282)	0.028
TNF-α	20.0 (9.4–47.0)	16.6 (5.5–30.8)	7.9 (5.2–23.1)	n.s.

Data with non-parametric distributions are reported as the median (interquartile range), and data with normal distribution are reported as mean (SD); ^a p = 0.005, NTH versus NP; ^b p = 0.023, NTH versus no-NTH/no-NP. n.s.: not significant difference.