Table 1.

Median cytokine levels of the pain group vs. the control group.

	Pelvic pain group	Healthy controls
Variable	median (IQR)	median (IQR)	P	P adjusted for age
GM-CSF	34.38 (20.94–58.06)	36.72 (24.34–69.88)	0.064	0.314
IFNγ	7.06 (4.13–10.87)	7.80 (4.29–10.66)	0.562	0.464
IL-1β	2.06 (1.41–3.36)	2.16 (1.36–3.60)	0.568	0.550
IL-2	2.4 (1.44–3.82)	2.35 (1.59–4.56)	0.244	0.314
IL-4	11.39 (8.28–15.20)	12.34 (8.58–16.71)	0.075	0.149
IL-5	1.13 (0.77–1.43)	1.23 (0.88–1.63)	0.028	0.089
IL-6	0.87 (0.61–1.25)	0.83 (0.63–1.19)	0.860	0.834
IL-8	3.98 (3.17–5.13)	3.98 (3.04–4.99)	0.380	0.959
IL-10	3.14 (2.06–4.55)	3.25 (2.31–4.39)	0.313	0.743
IL-12 (p70)	1.58 (1.05–2.42)	1.74 (1.07–2.54)	0.455	0.702
IL-13	2.50 (1.57–3.54)	2.63 (1.63–3.87)	0.592	0.806
IL-17A	9.88 (5.74–13.92)	10.25 (6.1–14.69)	0.325	0.331
IL-23	137.83 (87.02–289.14)	184.35 (99.56–325.58)	0.095	0.272
TNFα	4.14 (3.35–5.25)	3.81 (3.26–4.58)	0.024	0.216

Interquartile range and p-value for Mann-Whitney U-test presented.

IL, interleukin; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; IFN, interferon; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.