Table 4.
Comparison of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and interleukin-10 levels between two sites and across times
| Mean±SD |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Test site (n=21) | Control site (n=21) | ||
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | |||
| Baseline | 8.65±0.64 | 8.48±0.70 | 0.087 (NS)# |
| 3 month | 4.29±0.67 | 5.83±0.65 | <0.0001 (S)# |
| P | <0.0001 (S)# | <0.0001 (S)# | |
| IL-8 (pg/ml) | |||
| Baseline | 456.53±9.42 | 454.25±8.51 | 0.161 (NS)# |
| 3 month | 308.16±36.04 | 379.51±7.32 | <0.0001 (S)# |
| P | <0.0001 (S)# | <0.0001 (S)# | |
| IL-10 (pg/ml) | |||
| Baseline | 11.77±0.75 | 11.56±0.73 | 0.141 (NS)# |
| 3 month | 14.25±0.83 | 12.48±0.82 | <0.0001 (S)# |
| P | <0.0001 (S)# | <0.0001 (S)# | |
#Obtained using paired t-test; P<0.05 implicating statistically significant difference; IL-6: Interleukin; NS: Not significant; S: Significant; SD: Standard deviation. IL-6-Interleukin-6; IL-8-Interleukin-8; IL-10-Interleukin-10