TABLE 3.

The cytokines of the patients.

	BPD group (n = 18)	Non-BPD group (n = 20)	P-value
CYTOKINES (pg/ml) M (P25–P75) Days 3–7
IFN-γ	9.0(6.8−18.0)	8.8(6.8−15.2)	0.860
IL-10	2.5(2.1−3.1)	3.0(2.1−7.3)	0.081
IL-12p70	1.2(1.0−1.4)	1.05(0.9−1.2)	0.232
IL-13	6.1(4.6−8.9)	7.8(6.2−9.7)	0.095
IL-1β	1.5(1.1−1.9)	1.9(1.1−2.0)	0.233
IL-2	2.1(1.7−2.4)	1.9(1.5−2.1)	0.206
IL-4	0.4(0.2−0.5)	0.3(0.1−0.5)	0.300
IL-6	6.2(5.8−6.9)	5.3(5.1−6.8)	0.193
IL-8	175(157−181)	157(146−166)	0.067
TNF-α	0.6(0.4−0.9)	0.5(0.2−0.6)	0.128
CYTOKINES (pg/ml) M (P25–P75) Days 14–28
IFN-γ	9.5(6.9−18)	12.5(7.2−16.2)	0.907
IL-10	2.3(2.1−2.9)	2.9(2.1−7.3)	0.038
IL-12p70	0.7(0.4−1.1)	0.9(0.7−1.1)	0.240
IL-13	8.1(7.9−9.3)	9.0(7.9−10.8)	0.437
IL-1β	2.9(2.1−3.4)	2.0(1.5−2.4)	0.001
IL-2	2.0(1.8−2.6)	1.8(1.3−2.1)	0.089
IL-4	0.9(0.3−1.2)	0.3(0.2−0.5)	0.001
IL-6	8.7(7.9−9.8)	5.5(4.6−6.0)	0.000
IL-8	482(436−547)	267(235−295)	0.000
TNF-α	1.1(0.8−1.5)	0.6(0.4−1.0)	0.001