Table 2.

Median values (pg/mL) of cytokines in each group

Citokyne	Control		OBI/HCV			HBV
	Median	P25–P75	Median	P25–P75	Median		P25–P75
IL-17A	10.36a	7.92–12.67	6.38a,b	1.34–8.26	10.91b		6.54–16.43
INF-Y	0.43	0.0–0.65	0.43	0.0–5.32	0.05		0.0–0.23
TNF-α	0.0a	0.0–0.99	2.77a	1.02–24.80	0.00		0.00–13.74
IL-10	0.25	0.12–0.56	2.38	0.0–2.74	0.58		0.01–3.40
IL-6	0.67a	0.43–1.76	9.76a,b	7.51–23.33	1.43b		0.76–4.18
IL-4	2.22a	1.54–2.97	6.14a	1.87–20.98	1.82		1.43–13.00
IL-2	0.0a	0.0–1.11	1.22a	0.0–8.64	0.06		0.0–8.23

25th percentile (P25) and 75th percentile (P75) according to different levels of cytokines. To know the difference between the groups, the Mann–Whitney nonparametric test was used. Equal letters show groups with statistically significant mean difference