Table 2 of Dong, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1734-1746.


Table 2. The concentrations of the assayed cytokines in the aqueous humor samples of the diabetic (n=136) and controls (n=102).

Cytokine Patients with diabetes mellitus Controls P valuea
Median Range Median Range
IL-1β 8.0 0–104 1.0 0–38 <0.001
IL-1rα 16.2 0–336 13.5 0–216 0.556
IL-2 1.6 0–108 1.8 0–126 0.868
IL-4 1.3 0–124 1.6 0–102 1.000
IL-5 1.1 0–141 2.4 0–161 0.812
IL-6 27.5 0–365 13.5 0–76 <0.001
IL-7 4.6 0–89 2.1 0–76 0.123
IL-8 17.0 0–198 8.0 0–76 <0.001
IL-9 3.6 0–187 2.8 0–98 0.575
IL-10 5.0 0–25 6.0 0–55 0.002
IL-12 8.0 0–46 10.0 0–105 0.013
IL-13 2.6 0–36 3.5 0–28 1.000
IL-15 2.3 0–56 1.6 0–86 0.768
IL-17 - - - - -
b-FGF 12.6 0–165 9.1 0–78 0.654
Eotaxin 6.5 0–95 5.1 0–112 1.000
G-CSF - - - - -
GM-CSF 9.7 0–86 8.5 0–64 1.000
IFN-γ - - - - -
IP-10 4.0 0–76 1.0 0–6 <0.001
MCP-1 385.5 58–2568 70.5 7–811 <0.001
MIP-1α - - - - -
MIP-1β 28.3 0–186 31.5 0–202 0.613
PDGF-BB 3.2 0–46 4.5 0–61 0.716
RANTES 4.6 0–76 5.2 0–67 1.000
TNF-α - - - - -
VEGF 982.0 26–1888 66.0 11–676 <0.001