Table 3.

Plasma cytokines and inflammatory markers at baseline.

	Controls	CF-	CF+	p-value
CRP, mg/L	0.66 (0.26, 1.22)	0.69 (0.25, 1.46)	1.04 (0.37, 3.37)*††	0.001
IP-10, pg/mL	29 (21, 48)	73 (48, 113)***	76 (53, 125)***	<0.001
MCP-1, pg/mL	132 (104, 172)	156 (116, 196)*	152 (124, 194)*	0.049
RANTES, ng/mL	1.33 (0.8, 2.05)	1.25 (0.65, 2.55)	1.4 (0.88, 2.83)	0.633
sTIM-3, ng/mL	5.92 (4.92, 7.32)	7.08 (5.92, 9.56)**	7.6 (5.8, 9.96)***	<0.001
sCD25, ng/mL	0.38 (0.26, 0.56)	0.5 (0.34, 0.85)*	0.48 (0.34, 0.83)**	0.016
TGF-β1, ng/L	2.06 (1.26, 2.6)	2.08 (1.52, 3)	2.38 (1.38, 3.11)	0.116

Data are shown as median and (25^th, 75^th) percentile. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 vs Controls. ^††p<0.01 vs CF-.