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Table 2 Comparison of cytokine levels in serum from: AIP, CP and PDAC patients

From: Distinct pathophysiological cytokine profiles for discrimination between autoimmune pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Cytokine

Compared groups

1st group vs 2nd group

Median conc. (pg/ml)

of 1st group/IQR/n

Median conc. (pg/ml)

of 2nd group/IQR/n

p-value

IL-1β

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

0.58/0.86/29

0.58/0.86/29

0.39/1.3/17

0.39/0.55/27

0.5193

0.0221

IL-6

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

12.58/18.76/28

12.58/18.76/28

1.44/25.63/17

10.89/22.42/27

0.1399

0.4435

IL-7

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

13.70/8.22/29

13.70/8.22/29

8.72/13.04/17

8.27/3.65/27

0.1386

0.0003

IL-8

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

22.64/13.05/29

22.64/13.05/29

17.17/23.77/17

21.56/26.87/27

0.2410

0.4806

IL-10

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

2.68/12.91/28

2.68/12.91/28

0.40/12.10/13

4.09/9.59/21

0.0792

0.9919

IL-13

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

0.32/0.70/27

0.32/0.70/27

0.32/1.95/17

0.13/0.28/26

0.5025

0.0337

IL-17

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

7.44/19.27/29

7.44/19.27/29

0.03/10.35/17

4.32/19.31/27

0.1239

0.5937

G-CSF

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

14.23/16.85/29

14.23/16.85/29

1.47/3.93/17

5.23/13.82/27

0.0006

0.0105

MCP-1

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

56.35/65.13/29

56.35/65.13/29

10.61/97.51/17

43.41/104.96/27

0.0738

0.3890

MIP-1β

AIP vs CP

AIP vs PDAC

130.02/65.10/29

130.02/65.10/29

96.66/62.28/17

122.72/83.47/27

0.0837

0.8956

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  2. IQR interquartile range, n number of observations