Table 1B.

Comparison of cytokine levels at baseline (T1) and follow-up (T2).

	Baseline (T1)				Follow up (T2)				Wilcoxon
	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Z/p
Pro-inflammatory
IL-2 [pg/mL]	7.16	7.11	0.00	25.96	5.76	5.62	0.00	18.19	−1.885/0.059
IL-12 [pg/mL]	10.33	8.33	0.00	40.90	8.79	6.79	0.00	31.96	−2.072/0.038
GM-CSF [pg/mL]	38.03	20.91	3.83	97.78	35.02	16.05	9.10	65.55	−1.323/0.186
IFN-γ [pg/mL]	121.19	64.64	0.00	280.09	112.85	57.15	19.44	269.73	−1.169/0.242
TNF-α [pg/mL]	31.19	18.73	3.71	84.87	28.21	14.78	6.34	64.95	−1.323/0.186
Anti-inflammatory
IL-4 [pg/mL]	4.56	2.57	0.09	10.32	4.13	2.10	0.79	9.84	−1.263/0.206
IL-10 [pg/mL]	4.02	3.09	0.00	18.03	3.60	3.79	0.00	18.22	−0.850/0.395
IL-5 [pg/mL]	3.02	2.53	0.00	13.10	2.56	1.62	0.00	6.87	−1.550/0.121
IL-13 [pg/mL]	5.55	4.98	0.00	18.16	4.59	3.87	0.00	13.90	−1.707/0.088

In bold: p > 0.05.