Table 3.

Correlation of age and expression of genes IL-17, IL-21, IL-23, IL-35, Foxp3 at protein and mRNA levels for the control group and all participants.

Correlation of Age and Expression of Genes for the Control Group
	IL 17 Protein	IL 17 mRNA	IL 21 Protein	IL 21 mRNA	IL 23 Protein	IL 23 mRNA	IL 35 Protein	IL 35 mRNA	Foxp3 Protein	Foxp3 mRNA
r	0.2437	0.3098	−0.3101	−0.3110	0.0392	0.0282	0.1470	0.1293	−0.0223	−0.0399
p	0.015 *	0.002 *	0.002 *	0.002 *	0.700	0.782	0.147	0.202	0.827	0.695
Correlation of Age and Expression of Genes for All Participants
r	0.5329	0.6235	−0.6268	0.6118	0.5677	0.6257	−0.5420	−0.5313	−0.5776	−0.5863
p	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *	0.000 *

(IL-17—interleukin 17, IL-21—interleukin 21, IL-23—interleukin 23, IL-35—interleukin 35, Foxp3—forkhead box P3); r—correlation coefficient; p-significance; *-statistically significant.