Table 1 of Santos, Mol Vis 2024; 30:279-288.


Table 1. Cytokine concentrations and Th1/Th2 ratios in tear film of keratoconus and control groups.

Variable IL-5 IL-13 IL-6 IL-10 INF-γ TNF-α IL-4 Th1/Th2
Keratoconus
(mean ± SD);
n=31 1.24±1.29 2.72±5.22 7.95±15.06 2.91±3.21 205.94±119.22 13.77±14.74 3.52±3.41 112.95±70.89
Control
(mean ± SD);
n=30 1.36±4.36 2.05±4.19 4.33±5.96 1.76±3.43 129.91±106.96 7.23±15.50 1.82±2.20 104.65±78.36
P value 0.218 0.415 0.721 0.183 0.269 0.865 0.419 0.595