group of animals | concentration of cytokine in the lymph of females of nine months of age | concentration of cytokine in the lymph of males of nine months of age | |||
cytokines | M ± σ | Me; (LQ-HQ) | M ± σ | Me; (LQ-HQ) | p |
IL-1α | 10.8 ± 4.2 | 12.3 ; (6.5 - 14.8) | 27.3 ± 12.7 | 24.9; (15.7 - 37.1) | 0.03 |
IL-1β | 261.9 ± 111.7 | 180.7; (176.7 - 367.3) | 151.7 ± 59.6 | 147.2; (98.2 - 202.3) | 0.3 |
IL-2 | 1301.8 ± 695.6 | 1354.5 (532. - 2058.0) | 722.6 ± 580.8 | 361.7; (243.5 - 1127.6) | 0.3 |
IL-4 | 10.7 ± 4.9 | 9.5; (5.8 - 15.9) | 13.1 ± 9.3 | 9.5 ; (5.8 - 9.5) | 0.9 |
IL-6 | 2.9 ± 1.7 | 2.1; (1.5 - 4.2) | 4.9 ± 1.4 | 5.6; (4.7 - 6.4) | 0.14 |
IL-10 | 253.8 ± 120.7 | 190.8; (149.3 - 73.8) | 233.1 ± 75.9 | 217.2; (177.1 - 283.2) | 1.0 |
GM-CSF | 82.9 ± 95.9 | 15.6; (8.7 - 174.0) | 10.5 ± 4.6 | 9.5; (6.1 - 9.5) | 0.2 |
IFNγ | 183.3 ± 62.9 | 152.4; (128.0 - 246.3) | 128.5 ± 101.9 | 89.2; (34.8 - 209.2) | 1.0 |
TNFα | 2.4 ± 1.0 | 2.7; (1.3 - 3.2) | 2.7 ± 0.9 | 2.7; (2.2 - 3.1) | 1.0 |