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Table 2 Median values (pg/mL) of cytokines in each group

From: Cytokine profile during occult hepatitis B virus infection in chronic hepatitis C patients

Citokyne

Control

OBI/HCV

HBV

 

Median

P25–P75

Median

P25–P75

Median

P25–P75

IL-17A

10.36a

7.92–12.67

6.38a,b

1.34–8.26

10.91b

6.54–16.43

INF-Y

0.43

0.0–0.65

0.43

0.0–5.32

0.05

0.0–0.23

TNF-α

0.0a

0.0–0.99

2.77a

1.02–24.80

0.00

0.00–13.74

IL-10

0.25

0.12–0.56

2.38

0.0–2.74

0.58

0.01–3.40

IL-6

0.67a

0.43–1.76

9.76a,b

7.51–23.33

1.43b

0.76–4.18

IL-4

2.22a

1.54–2.97

6.14a

1.87–20.98

1.82

1.43–13.00

IL-2

0.0a

0.0–1.11

1.22a

0.0–8.64

0.06

0.0–8.23

  1. 25th percentile (P25) and 75th percentile (P75) according to different levels of cytokines. To know the difference between the groups, the Mann–Whitney nonparametric test was used. Equal letters show groups with statistically significant mean difference