Table 2.

The expression of cytokines in the plasma of sJIA children (mean ± SD; pg/ml)

Cytokines	Activity group	Inactivity group	Control group
IL-6	229.96 ± 345.41*#	17.033 ± 9.56*	0.14 ± 0.05
IL-5	8.10 ± 5.12	5.44 ± 4.76	0.34 ± 0.77
IFN-α	4.14 ± 1.35	3.61 ± 2.93	0.1 ± 0.15
IL-2	3.57 ± 11.40	4.10 ± 3.56	0.18 ± 0.27
IL-10	2.19 ± 5.45	2.13 ± 1.56*	0.16 ± 0.2
IFN-γ	44.7 ± 29.99	8.552 ± 7.56	23.778 ± 23.13
IL-8	65.11 ± 63.18	8.78 ± 8.91	65.10 ± 47.45
IL-17	7.26 ± 6.54	2.46 ± 0.63*	0.17 ± 0.07
IL-1β	38.44 ± 33.65	13.03 ± 4.20	0.53 ± 0.25
IL-4	1.61 ± 3.35	2.03 ± 1.45*	0.27 ± 0.37
TNF-α	12.02 ± 35.70	6.85 ± 5.73	0.28 ± 0.46

Notes: activity group, n = 12; inactivity group, n = 10; control group, n = 10. *P < 0.05 vs. control group; ^#P < 0.05 vs. inactivity group