Table 3.

Correlation between Gal-3 and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines.

	Gal-3
	Pearson’s rho	p value*
IL-1β	0.723	0.001
TNF-α	0.228	0.001
IL-12	0.437	0.001
IL-10	0.062	0.348
IL-10/IL-1β	− 0.408	0.001
IL-10/TNF-α	− 0.355	0.001

Significant values are in bold and italics.

*p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.