Table 3.

Levels of cytokine (pg/mL, mean ± SD) in the aqueous humor in wet age-related macular degeneration patients

	SRF (n = 9)			PED (n = 8)			SRT (n = 8)
	(+)	(−)	P*	(+)	(−)	P*	(+)	(−)	P*
IL-1α	18.5 ± 15.9	216.3 ± 199.5	0.036	15.1 ± 9.7	170 ± 192.6	0.622	90.8 ± 152.1	17.9 ± 8.7	0.833
GM-CSF	19.9 ± 11.4	71.0 ± 67.4	0.050	18.5 ± 10.9	72.9 ± 65.6	0.006	48.1 ± 50.6	14.7 ± 13.4	0.065
IFN-γ	264.6 ± 62.6	676.6 ± 611.8	0.076	262.5 ± 63.2	681.4 ± 607.3	0.034	487.0 ± 451.5	238.4 ± 43.2	0.045
MCP-1	984.1 ± 255.7	854.4 ± 266.1	0.503	964.3 ± 228.3	899.1 ± 343.3	0.284	963.8 ± 287.6	913.0 ± 710.1	0.622
MIP-1α	812.8 ± 545.3	330.9 ± 127.6	0.076	787.4 ± 561.3	388.1 ± 190.6	0.065	506.3 ± 276.0	917.7 ± 710.1	0.284
MIP-1β	38.2 ± 29.1	21.3 ± 13.0	0.414	34.0 ± 29.2	30.7 ± 20.2	0.724	27.5 ± 17.4	41.9 ± 36.5	0.622
TNFα	860.0 ± 225.2	1973.3 ± 1399.3	0.106	836.4 ± 216.7	2026.6 ± 1343.3	0.011	1409.4 ± 1100.2	871.6 ± 295.3	0.284
VEGF	189.2 ± 73.6	349.3 ± 327.7	0.076	165.0 ± 57.6	403.8 ± 289.9	0.354	283.7 ± 232.8	166.0 ± 60.5	0.524

VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor

^*Mann-Whitney U test