Table 5 Levels of significant cytokines (pg/mL, mean ± SD) in the aqueous humor among the 3 groups

IFN-γ

317.3 ± 114.59

247.3 ± 46.7

621.9 ± 542.5

 p value versus controls

–

0.460

0.129

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.006

MCP-1

540.3 ± 261.01

1003.5 ± 209.2

849.4 ± 317.3

 p value versus controls

–

0.001

0.040

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.284

MIP-1α

263.3 ± 226.85

842.1 ± 573.8

380.4 ± 166.0

 p value versus controls

–

0.021

0.206

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.065

MIP-1β

11.4 ± 10.1

37.2 ± 29.5

26.3 ± 20.1

 p value versus controls

–

0.012

0.129

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.724

TNFα

1140.8 ± 377.42

836.4 ± 231.6

1788.4 ± 1279.4

 p value versus controls

–

0.274

0.440

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.019

VEGF

106.3 ± 30.41

168.8 ± 60.3

350.0 ± 278.4

 p value versus controls

–

0.083

0.040

 p value versus type 1

–

–

0.354