Table 3 of Cheung, Mol Vis 2012; 18:830-837.

Table 3. Total number of measurable aqueous samples analyzed by multiplexed-bead assay.

  DR (n=27) No-DR (n=20) Control (n=24)   p-valueb
Cytokines %> LODa %> LODa %> LODa LODa DR and No-DR control
IL-2 2/27 0/20 14/24 1.6 0.000
IL-13 17/27 8/20 17/24 0.7 0.153
IL-6 20/27 9/20 7/24 2.6 0.009
IL-10 8/27 5/20 18/24 0.3 0.000
IL-12 0/27 1/20 16/24 3.5 0.000
TNF-α 0/27 0/20 13/24 6 0.000
IL-1Rα 12/14 11/11 8/14 5.5 0.21
IFN-α 10/27 5/19 16/24 4.3 0.005
CCL2 27/27 20/20 24/24 1.1 -
CCL4 27/27 19/20 24/24 2.4 1.000
CXCL8 25/27 18/20 21/24 1 0.682
CXCL9 13/27 9/19 21/24 1.2 0.001
CXCL10 19/27 13/20 23/24 6.1 0.008
IL-7 19/27 15/20 10/24 1.1 0.012
GM-CSF 8/27 6/20 17/24 2.2 0.001
VEGF 14/14 11/11 14/14 3.1 0.680

DR=Diabetic with retinopathy; No-DR=Diabetic with no retinopathy; IL=Interleukin; IFN=Interferon; TNF=Tumor necrosis factor; GM-CSF=Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; VEGF=Vascular endothelial growth factor. Significant difference is accepted at p<0.05. aLow limit of detection (pg/ml); bp-value calculated using Pearson's Chi Square and Fisher's Exact test for %>LOD.

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