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Table 3 Mean ± standard deviation (pg/mL) values of cytokines in each group

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

 

IL-17A

IFN-Y

TNF-α

IL-10

IL-6

IL-4

IL-2

OBI/HCV group

5.58 ± 4.96a,b

2.92 ± 4.46

16.87 ± 32.61

2.34 ± 2.33a

18.99 ± 22.39a,b

11.63 ± 13.43a

4.76 ± 7.35

Control group

9.76 ± 3.00a

0.35 ± 0.32

0.78 ± 1.60

0.53 ± 0.78a

1.12 ± 1.06a

2.31 ± 1.22a

0.37 ± 0.53

HBV group

11.26 ± 5.69b

0.28 ± 0.65

5.32 ± 8.97

2.41 ± 3.84

3.11 ± 4.04b

5.16 ± 5.72

3.01 ± 4.83

  1. To know the difference between the groups, the Mann–Whitney nonparametric test was used. Equal letters show groups with statistically significant mean difference