Molecular Vision: Ang, Mol Vis 2012; 18:565-573. Table 2

Table 2. Aqueous cytokine concentrations comparing TAU, IU, and Controls.

	TAU n=10			IU n=15			Controls n=23
Cytokines	Median	Range (%)	Mean±Std error	Median	Range (%)	Mean±Std error	Median	Range (%)	Mean±Std error	Sensitivity
IL-2	3.4*	0–5 (9/10)	3.0±0.4	0.0‡	0–9 (2/15)	0.9±0.6	2.8	0–17 (17/23)	3.4±0.8	1.6
IFN-γ	26.3	0–219 (8/10)	66.9±24.5	10.9	0–71 (8/15)	17.3±5.9	12.7	0–91 (12/21)	15.6±4.5	6.4
IL-6	80.7†	2–2018 (7/9)	470.4±276.8	7.0‡	1–68 (11/13)	21.8±6.1	2.2	0–14 (8/22)	3.4±0.6	2.6
IL-10	1.9	0–4 (9/10)	2.0±0.4	0.3	0–8 (7/15)	1.3±0.6	1.5	0–5 (20/23)	1.7±0.2	0.3
IL-12	7.3*	2–15 (7/10)	7.1±1.4	0.0‡	0–2 (0/15)	0.5±0.2	8.7	0–27 (19/23)	8.7±1.3	3.5
TNF-α	12.1*	1–23 (8/10)	12.0±2.6	0.0‡	0–4 (0/14)	0.5±0.3	9.6	0–34 (17/23)	9.8±1.7	6.0
CCL2	380.8	158–1124 (10/10)	485.3±98.8	531.3‡	47–1354 (15/15)	604.7±113.9	180.9	32–962 (23/23)	252.5±50.5	1.1
CXCL8	61.7†	4–538 (10/10)	104.9±50.3	17.6‡	4–135 (15/15)	39.6±12.1	3.0	1–20 (21/22)	4.8±1.0	1.0
CXCL9	4790.6*†	81–51068 (9/9)	17115.9±6393.3	0.0	0–401 (5/11)	102.7±42.6	63.0	0–834 (19/21)	153.3±44.8	1.2
CXCL10	15621.1†	41–114173 (10/10)	49766.9±17640.0	631.6	0–107547 (11/15)	18632.6±9548.9	56.3	0–766 (20/22)	147.9±45.7	6.1
IL-9	8.26†	4–18 (9/9)	8.8±1.4	15.6‡	0–45 (9/10)	16.5±4.0	5.5	0–11 (17/19)	5.5±0.6	2.5

TAU=uveitis associated with tuberculosis, IU: idiopathic uveitis; IFN-γ: interferon-gamma; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha, CCL2: MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; CXCL8 (IL-8, interleukin-8); CXCL9 (MIG, monokine induced by interferon-gamma); CXCL10 (IP-10, interferon-gamma-induced protein 10). Cytokines level at pg/ml. * p<0.05, for TAU versus IU; †p<0.05, for TAU versus controls; ‡ p<0.05, for IU versus controls by Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction.