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Table 2 Concentrations of cytokines in plasma of FM patients and controls

From: Unique immunologic patterns in fibromyalgia

Cytokine

Controls

Patients

P-value

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

MCP-1

65

25

19

95

23

23

0.5681

IL-5

30

24.0

86.0

26

28

103

0.8685

IL-6

39

23

59

47

18

29

0.6511

IL-8

62

22

13

43

25

49

0.7031

IL-10

59

125

713

54

18

41

0.2531

IFN-γ

54

659

1935

51

681

766

0.9383

MIP-1α

36

6

7

24

9

24

0.6807

MIP-1β

87

61

31

107

52

49

0.1506

  1. Concentrations of cytokines in pg/ml are shown.
  2. N, number of subjects whose cytokine values within the detection ranges.
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BMC Clinical Pathology

ISSN: 1472-6890

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