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. 2021 Dec 7;27:656–665.

Table 2. Baseline cytokines concentration in control and KC group.

Variety
 Control
KCd
Total
P value
(n=18)
(n=30)
(n=4)
Mean SDa Mean SDa mean SDa
Cytokines (pg/ml)
itac
 89.76
 50.51
 108.36
 129.88
 101.38
 106.84
 0.544b
gm-csf
 0.76
 0.33
 1.13
 0.94
 0.99
 0.79
 0.241b
Fractalkine
 55.26
 25.77
 79.37
 65.27
 70.33
 54.85
 0.418b
ifn-Ɣ
 3.02
 1.84
 4.15
 4.23
 3.73
 3.54
 0.733b
il-10
 1.43
 1.23
 2.08
 2.3
 1.84
 1.97
 0.462b
mip-3α
 24.11
 12.2
 22.75
 14.92
 23.26
 13.85
 0.746c
il-12p
 1.2
 0.61
 1.74
 1.7
 1.54
 1.41
 0.655b
il-13
 4.04
 1.9
 5.91
 4.93
 5.21
 4.14
 0.343b
il-17
 1.44
 0.67
 2
 1.86
 1.79
 1.54
 0.757b
il-1b
 0.69
 0.3
 0.84
 0.68
 0.79
 0.57
 0.949b
il-2
 0.03
 0.05
 0.03
 0.05
 0.03
 0.05
 0.627b
il-21
 0.65
 0.71
 0.96
 0.97
 0.85
 0.88
 0.213b
il-4
 33.47
 22.07
 51.8
 47.21
 44.93
 40.4
 0.163b
il-23
 41.82
 29.36
 59.29
 71.35
 52.73
 59.38
 0.873b
il-5
 0.37
 0.26
 0.67
 0.6
 0.56
 0.52
 0.064b
il-6
 0.7
 0.38
 1.59
 2.11
 1.26
 1.73
 0.012b
il-7
 22.79
 11.52
 28.9
 18.5
 26.61
 16.37
 0.365b
il-8
 19.02
 20.7
 17.17
 18.88
 17.86
 19.38
 0.701b
mip-1α
 6.35
 4.89
 8.61
 11.28
 7.76
 9.4
 0.890b
mip-1b
 6.64
 2.87
 7.73
 8.27
 7.32
 6.74
 0.233b
tnf-α
 0.12
 0.07
 0.16
 0.15
 0.15
 0.12
 0.798b
Ifn-Ɣ/il-10 2.73 1.02 2.45 1.01 2.56 1.01 0.375c

aStandard deviation; bMann–Whitney; cStudent t test for independent samples; dKeratoconus