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Table 4 Testing Interleukins levels with age (var = AGEGroups), primary lung cancer or not (var = primary1yes), had chemotherapy or not in the last 6 months (chemo1yes)

From: Elevated levels of anti inflammatory IL-10 and pro inflammatory IL-17 in malignant pleural effusions

 

IL −10 B (IL-10Concentrationin Blood)

IL −10 P (IL-10Concentration inPleural fluid)

IL −17 B (IL-17Concentrationin Blood)

IL −17 P (IL-17Concentrationin Pleural fluid)

AGE (ANOVA)

P = 0,251

P = 0,969

P = 0,883

P = 0,067*

Primary or Metastatic (t-test)

P = 0,112

P = 0,114

P = 0,015

P = 0,467

Chemotherapy or not (t-test)

P = 0,127

P = 0,237

P = 0,133

P = 0,326

Type of malignancy

P = 0,002

P = 0,404

P = 0,034

P = 0,593

SEX (t-test)

P = 0,517

P = 0,037

P = 0,349

P = 0,773

  1. *Was tested with multiple comparisons, no statistical significance reached.
  2. **Three groups were used (var = Type_3_UN).