Table 6.
Cytokine-stimulated production Cytokine production in women stratified per menstrual cycle week.
| Cytokine | Week 1 (n = 37) |
Week 2 (n = 31) |
Week 3 (n = 28) |
Week 4 (n = 37) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-10 (pg·10−3 cells) | 31.3 (20.8; 44.6) |
42.3 (29.2; 51.4) a |
25.9 (19.0; 38.1) |
31.3 (14.7; 41.4) |
0.035 * |
| IL-6 (pg·10−3 cells) | 462.8 (346.3; 610.6) |
414.7 (349.1; 569.5) |
470.8 (354.9; 709.4) |
448.8 (342.1; 618.9) |
0.681 |
| TNF-α (pg·10−3 cells) | 52.1 (29.3; 85.7) |
43.4 (31.8; 58.4) |
57.7 (39.6; 80.7) |
51.3 (32.3; 78.7) |
0.383 |
Values are expressed as median (25th; 75th percentile). n = 133. p-adjusted values are reported. * indicates statistically significant differences where “a” indicates significant differences between the third and the second week (p < 0.05).