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Table 2 Inflammatory markers, and cytokines

From: The association of elevated reactive oxygen species levels from neutrophils with low-grade inflammation in the elderly

 

Old

n = 37

 

Young

n = 22

 

Median

Minimum

Maximum

 

Median

Minimum

Maximum

IL-8 (pg/ml)

25.6

13.8

81.2

**

18.3

8.6

70.7

MCP-1 (pg/ml)

184.3

111.5

5828.0

 

200.4

126.1

340.7

TNF-α (pg/ml)

0.91

0.20

3.38

*

0.52

0.11

1.69

IL-6 (pg/ml)

1.16

0.48

12.68

*

0.84

0.24

2.31

CRP (mg/dl)

0.41

0.04

51.62

*

0.21

0.08

0.70

SAA (μg/ml)

19.9

8.4

159.3

 

18.4

9.0

142.3

HSP70 (pg/ml)

36.2

0.0

166.0

*

16.8

0.0

47.0

  1. Data are presented as median and range Mann-Whitney U test *; P < 0.05, **; P < 0.01, statistically identified as significant differences between old and young group IL-8, Interluikin 8; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor–α; CRP, C-reactive protein; SAA, serum amyloid A; HSP, heat shock protein