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Table 3 Mean age (SD) and mean levels (SD) of peripheral circulating cytokines in healthy volunteers and a subgroup of matched patients

From: The effect of trauma and alcohol on the relationship between level of cytokines and depression among patients entering psychiatric treatment

Variable

Matched patients

Healthy volunteers

Sig.a

n = 19

n = 19

 

Age

(years)

42.5 (7.9)

28.8 (5.4)

<0.001 b

Il-1β

(picograms/ml)

0.15 (0.31)

0.13 (0.19)

0.740

Il-1RA

(picograms/ml)

36.3 (33.0)

35.4 (19.5)

0.385

TNF-α

(picograms/ml)

2.67 (6.67)

0.82 (2.75)

< 0.001 c

MCP-1

(picograms/ml)

26.8 (21.4)

15.8 (15.5)

0.012 d

  1. Note: aSignificance levels were tested by the Mann-Whitney U test. bPatients were older than the healthy volunteers. c+d Levels of TNF-α and MCP-1 were higher in patients
  2. Both healthy volunteers and matched patients were male