Group of animals | Concentration of cytokine in the blood serum of females of nine months of age | Concentration of cytokine in the blood serum of males of nine months of age | |||
cytokines | M ± σ | Me; (LQ-HQ) | M ± σ | Me; (LQ-HQ) | p |
IL-1α | 7.4 ± 0.8 | 6.9; (6.7 - 7.8) | 3.6 ± 1.8 | 3.6; (1.8 - 5.0) | 0.07 |
IL-1β | 50.6 ± 4.0 | 50.6; (46.6 - 54.6) | 2.8 ± 1.4 | 2.2; (1.8 - 3.5) | 0.0007 |
IL-2 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.7; (1.8 - 3.5) | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.1; (1.8 - 2.4) | 0.4 |
IL-4 | 2.7 ± 1.0 | 2.2; (2.1 - 3.40) | 9.4 ± 3.0 | 9.4; (6.4 - 12.4) | 0.0007 |
IL-6 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 2.2; (2.1 - 3.4) | 3.1 ± 1.2 | 2.6; (2.1 - 3.5) | 1.0 |
IL-10 | 121.2 ± 14.6 | 121.2; (106.6 - 135.8) | 59.0 ± 16.8 | 59.0; (42.2 - 75.8) | 0.0007 |
GM-CSF | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 2.6; (1.8 - 3.4) | 2.6 ± 1.3 | 2.6; (1.0 - 4.1) | 0.9 |
IFNγ | 3.4 ± 1.5 | 3.6; (1.9 - 4.6) | 3.7 ± 2.1 | 3.6; (1.1 - 6.4) | 0.7 |
TNFα | 3.5 ± 1.3 | 3.2; (2.1 - 4.3) | 4.3 ± 1.7 | 4.4; (2.9 - 6.4) | 0.34 |