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Table 3 Significant cytokines identified in 29 subjects (15 with Metastasis and 14 without Metastasis)

From: The MK2 pathway is linked to G-CSF, cytokine production and metastasis in gastric cancer: a novel intercorrelation analysis approach

 

Analytes*

Without metastasis, pg/ml (n = 15)

Median (Q1, Q3)

With metastasis, pg/ml

(n = 15)

Median (Q1, Q3)

Sidak adjusted p-value**

Effect size

1

GCSF

50.8 (38.5–93.2)

1612.4 (894.9–2990.8)

0.00012

∞

2

IL6

148.2 (16.1–366.7)

5021.7 (3832.1–6510.8)

0.00014

209

3

IL8

314.1 (27.1–1758.8)

8517.5 (6815.4–11095.9)

0.00014

209

4

MCP1

274.9 (158.5–700.5)

3348.5 (2093.3–6191.7)

0.00064

22.3

5

IL10

7.4 (6.3–10.6)

103 (18.3–209.7)

0.00245

11.7

6

TNFa

4.1 (3.4–6)

8.8 (6.6–15.4)

0.00430

9.5

7

GMCSF

8.8 (6.5–12.4)

28.6 (13.5–34.4)

0.05044

4.8

8

Mip1a

28.4 (9.5–49.6)

63.1 (29.8–267.5)

0.08302

4.3

9

IL1B

5.9 (3.9–7.5)

10.9 (6.4–18.1)

0.28424

3.1

10

Mip1B

12.9 (9.8–15.6)

21.2 (13.9–35.2)

0.32911

3.0

11

VEGF

110.8 (44.3–140)

222.3 (80.8–307.5)

0.32911

2.9

12

IL7

4.6 (1–9.1)

17.1 (1–24.8)

0.57380

2.4

13

IL2

4 (1.5–4.9)

7.5 (1.3–11.8)

0.70908

2.2

14

IL4

9.8 (7.1–11.7)

18.9 (0.6–42.7)

0.74789

2.1

15

IL_12p40

12.1 (6.5–14.6)

28.4 (2.8–38.8)

0.75598

2.1

16

IFNa2

21.9 (9.8–34.8)

55.9 (4.6–82.7)

0.77369

2.0

17

IL17A

6.7 (5.2–8.7)

12.8 (5.4–17.5)

0.80220

1.9

18

TNFB

8.4 (5.5–12.4)

15 (1.5–24.2)

0.87285

1.8

19

IFNg

9.8 (7.3–10.6)

16.3 (0.4–25.4)

0.93782

1.6

20

EGF

12.8 (7.5–16.1)

14.9 (6.3–25.9)

0.96572

1.5

21

IL13

7.1 (4.8–10.4)

9.8 (2.4–13.8)

0.98874

1.3

22

IL_12p70

7.8 (7.2–9.8)

10.4 (2.1–17.4)

0.98874

1.3

23

IL1a

7 (6.5–9.2)

8.2 (2.7–13.1)

0.99124

1.2

24

IL15

10.2 (7.9–14.5)

10.2 (3.8–14.1)

0.99124

1.2

25

IL5

4.4 (3.7–5.5)

5.4 (0.7–6.7)

0.99124

1.2

26

IP10

41.9 (26.1–66.7)

41 (30–113)

0.99124

1.1

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p < 0.05
  2. *Six significant cytokines identified (total cytokines 26)
  3. **Sidak correction for multiple comparisons for the Kruskal–Wallis test