Table 3.
Cytokines Significantly Elevated in Patients with Keloids (PWK) in Comparison to Control (PNK) Group
| Cytokines | Keloids (PWK) | PNK | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | SD | Mean | Min | Max | SD | Mean | P-value | |
| FGF-Basic | 0 | 40 | 14.52 | 38.53 | 0 | 62 | 18.69 | 24.48 | 0.026 |
| G-CSF | 0 | 873 | 202.87 | 101.65 | 0 | 543 | 133.06 | 61.45 | <0.001 |
| IL-10 | 0 | 3185 | 452.79 | 83.47 | 0 | 119 | 25.00 | 16.38 | <0.001 |
| IL-13 | 0 | 773 | 108.42 | 32.20 | 4 | 53 | 11.95 | 18.14 | 0.026 |
| IL-6 | 7 | 1964 | 280.04 | 60.57 | 7 | 60 | 11.91 | 20.07 | <0.001 |
| CCL3 | 0 | 794 | 177.32 | 136.39 | 0 | 315 | 92.50 | 78.62 | <0.001 |
| GM-CSF | 1 | 631 | 89.58 | 21.39 | 3 | 27 | 5.78 | 7.38 | 0.026 |
| CCL4 | 0 | 796 | 161.52 | 209.12 | 0 | 793 | 160.63 | 179.38 | <0.001 |
| HGF | 0 | 3483 | 585.41 | 502.53 | 0 | 1882 | 376.14 | 333.62 | <0.001 |
| IL-2R | 0 | 1412 | 326.31 | 377.31 | 0 | 1208 | 239.33 | 248.31 | <0.001 |
| IL-4 | 11 | 317 | 51.37 | 56.80 | 11 | 94 | 17.35 | 43.17 | 0.031 |
| ANOVA Test for Variance | |||||||||
| Parameters | Sum of Squares | df | Mean Squares | F | P-value | ||||
| Between groups | 15,766.99 | 1 | 15,766.99 | 0.857 | 0.366 | ||||
| Within groups | 367,815.75 | 20 | 18,390.79 | ||||||
| Total | 383,582.75 | 21 | |||||||