Table 2 TB-antigen stimulated and unstimulated levels of differentially expressed cytokines as measured with the bio-plex assay

77.6 (29.4 to 134.7)

30.6 (15.5 to 77.5)

− 1.9 (− 20.4 to 18.3)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.1424

10,821 (4405 to 18,052)

6221 (4650 to 10,956)

6.5 (− 86.1 to 215.1)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0994

116.8 (31.1 to 270.6)

137.1 (51.7 to 261.4)

− 0.3 (− 4.1 to 4.5)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.6559

1342 (331.4 to 2778)

881.6 (453.0 to 2134)

-23.1 (− 186.3 to 242.5)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.2524

9848 (203.2 to 2640)

1610 (− 5.6 to 3526)

− 26.2 (− 300.4 to 159)

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.7718

2.0 (− 1.5 to 10.4)

3.6 (− 4.0 to 12.7)

− 2.0 (− 10 to 1.2)

0.0018

0.0062

0.5146

51.68 (1.330 to 170.0)

− 41.67 (− 192.5 to 47.75)

111.0 (− 35.15 to 303.4)

0.4832

0.011

0.0165

Unstimulated

225.1 (144.3 to 350.2)

127.3 (86.58 to 195.9)

91.89 (50.18 to 130.1)

< 0.0001

0.022

0.003

3460 (1651 to 4262)

1471 (636.4 to 4000)

729.5 (380.9 to 1404)

< 0.0001

0.0105

0.1356

57.39 (32.79 to 89.25)

34.05 (24.52 to 55.21)

29.19 (15.74 to 35.83)

< 0.0001

0.0354

0.0344

3164 (1629 to 9066)

3266 (993 to 6318)

1354 (750 to 2240)

0.0005

0.0115

0.4838

6575 (3309 to 9687)

3448 (2255 to 7981)

1905 (1608 to 2893)

< 0.0001

0.0002

0.0649

129.5 (68.27 to 216.6)

95.21 (48.73 to 150.7)

53.32 (31.47 to 110.7)

0.0012

0.0305

0.0298

2025 (1460 to 2786)

1138 (473.8 to 2571)

671.2 (446.9 to 1166)

< 0.0001

0.0746

0.0147

70.08 (44.87 to 139.1)

51.1 (31.56 to 94.33)

33.66 (21.72 to 59.4)

0.0005

0.0771

0.0937

473 (161.2 to 1007)

218.6 (90.05 to 745)

190.5 (57.65 to 373)

0.0112

0.224

0.091

54.44 (44.94 to 66.6)

41.76 (26.95 to 73.65)

36.7 (23.25 to 61.72)

0.0267

0.2894

0.0501