Table 3.
Relationship between plasma IL-6 levels and stage of CRC.
| Plasma IL-6 levels (pg/mL) | Stage |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| II (n = 12) | III (n = 21) | IV (n = 13) | |||
| Comparative test | Median (Min.–max.) | 4.45 (0.5–36.6) | 8.40 (1.4–35.9) | 25.80 (3.5–62.1) | .019a |
| Correlation test | Spearman's correlation coefficient (r = .396) | .003 | |||
Kruskal–Wallis test plus Mann–Whitney test.