Table 2.

Comparison of inflammatory cytokines between patients and controls.

	Patients (n = 139)	Controls (n = 100)	p value
TNF-α pg/ml, median (IQR)	1.91 (1.47–2.30)	1.8 (1.4–2.15)	0.15
IFN-γ pg/ml, median (IQR)	1.41 (1.1–1.77)	1.52 (1.17–1.79)	0.22
IL-2 pg/ml, median (IQR)	1.03 (0.84–1.25)	0.81 (0.67–1)	<0.001 *
IL-4 pg/ml, median (IQR)	0.51 (0.4–0.68)	0.48 (0.37–0.59)	0.09
IL-6 pg/ml, median (IQR)	2.73 (1.34–6.18)	0.69 (0.48–1.19)	<0.001 *
IL-10 pg/ml, median (IQR)	0.89 (0.67–1.16)	0.52 (0.42–0.7)	<0.001 *
IL-17 pg/ml, median (IQR)	54.28 (35.89–71.56)	26.93 (20.7–45.34)	<0.001 *

^*p <0.05 in the Mann–Whitney U test.

IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.