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Table 5 Comparison of tissue cytokine levels among cases and controls

From: Association of plasma endotoxin, inflammatory cytokines and risk of colorectal adenomas

Tissue levels, *

Case (n = 111)

Control (n = 278)

p

Adjusted

 

(median (min, max))

(median (min, max))

 

p**

TNF-α

0.8 (0.03, 18.6)

0.8 (0, 18.2)

0.92

0.92

IL-4

0.5 (0, 16.0)

0.4 (0, 14.4)

0.08

0.29

IL-6

1.0 (0.06, 41.2)

1.1 (0.1, 39.1)

0.77

0.88

IL-8

0.5 (0, 24.8)

0.5 (0, 32.4)

0.44

0.59

IL-10

0.4 (0, 115.1)

0.6 (0, 72.9)

0.05

0.29

IL-12

0.7 (0.04, 24.3)

0.8 (0.01, 16.3)

0.34

0.54

IL-17

0.7 (0, 12.4)

0.9 (0, 15.1)

0.11

0.29

IFN-γ

0.8 (0.06, 56.6)

0.7 (0.02, 24.8)

0.34

0.54

  1. TNF tumor necrosis factor, IL interleukin, IFN Interferon.
  2. *Relative gene expression to HMBS and normalized to pooled RNA of controls.
  3. ** adjusted for multiple comparisons via False Discovery Rate.