Table 2.

Correlation between radiation exposure and cytokine dysregulation

Subjects beyond reference range	Control, n (%)	Exposed, n (%)	P-value
Tumor necrosis factor-α	10 (24)	18 (55)	0.0085
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1	10 (24)	25 (76)	<0.0001
Interleukin-10	10 (24)	25 (76)	<0.0001
Interleukin-6	10 (24)	5 (15)	0.4
Interleukin-8	10 (24)	2 (6)	0.06

n, Number of participants. Values beyond the reference range: exceeding the 75-percentile of the control group for MCP-1 (≥193 pg/ml), TNFα (≥5.5 pg/ml), IL-6 (≥9.65 pg/ml), IL-8 (≥10.77 pg/ml); and below the 25-percentile for IL-10 (≤ 6.5 pg/ml). The incidence of dysregulated cytokines was analyzed by Fisher’s exact test of independence.