Table 3.

Baseline cytokine levels in NLF and LF groups.

Parameter	NLF group (n = 100)	LF group (n = 25)	Statistics Z	P
IL-6 (pg/ml) (median, IQR)	7.84 (7.02–9.47)	27.26 (19.345–28.575)	−3.74	≤0.001
IL-8 (pg/ml) (median, IQR)	39.48 (23.26–46.50)	42.02 (35.73–71.51)	−1.31	0.19
IL-10 (pg/ml) (median, IQR)	2.61 (1.73–3.88)	4.23 (3.21–6.22)	−2.882	0.04

IQR, interquartile range.