Table 4.

Concentrations (pg/ml) of different cytokines in patients who spontaneously cleared HCV (CHS) and who developed chronic HCV infections (CHC).

Cytokines/Adhesion molecular	CHS	CHC	P value
GM-CSF†	115.26(57.65–147.825)	140.66(71.08–191.70)	0.183
ICAM-1‡	68,720.44(45,056.51–116,732.54)	82,258.86(43,367.80–114,235.32)	0.889
IFN-γ‡	33.92(24.64–46.51)	48.51(37.79–63.39)	0.001
IFN-α‡	4.80(3.38–7.46)	6.65(5.31–8.82)	0.003
IL-1α‡	2.91(1.79–5.29)	4.12(2.80–5.96)	0.041
IL-1β‡	21.17(10.64–38.11)	28.015(18.81–45.12)	0.063
IL-10 ‡	7.53(4.06–15.35)	14.21(7.99–20.75)	0.004
IL-12p70†	62.70(35.02–85.37)	78.31(49.39–97.72)	0.066
IL-13‡	10.17(7.17–12.61)	12.44(9.13–17.00)	0.016
IL-17A‡	40.75(30.06–68.36)	57.16(39.68–76.21)	0.083
IL-4‡	51.73(35.00–78.26)	66.32(51.49–92.71)	0.009
IL-8‡	8.11(5.28–12.39)	8.72(6.49–13.56)	0.207
IP-10‡	37.13(26.44–52.86)	39.51(31.04–50.86)	0.457
MCP-1‡	71.56(55.67–88.87)	60.8(48.29–77.23)	0.077
IL-6†	106.86(38.24–167.14)	146.66(71.65–220.54)	0.043
MIP-1α‡	9.89(7.95–13.50)	11.27(9.41–14.07)	0.067
MIP-1β‡	33.88(24.39–51.27)	39.29(27.38–50.50)	0.264
sE-Selectin‡	16,315.12(13,429.26–24,404.89)	14,289.16(11,076.44–19,454.89)	0.073
sP-Selectin‡	317,447.58(114,555.89–1,309,209.36)	544,538.59(231,481.54–1,221,184.48)	0.294
TNF-α‡	63.045(46.05–86.24)	96.96(62.46–107.47)	0.000

^†Normally distributed continuous variables. Mean concentration (IQR).

^‡Abnormal distribution continuous variables. Median concentration (IQR). N = 36 for CHS group and N = 50 for CHC group.