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Table 2 The concentrations of inflammatory mediators in aqueous humours of study groups (pg/ml)

From: Study of aqueous humour inflammatory mediators’ levels in a cohort of Egyptian patients with diabetic macular oedema

 

Patients

(n = 22 patients/25 eyes)

Control

(n = 10)

p-valuea

Eotaxin

 Range

2.59–16.22

2.02–5.78

0.043*

 Median (IQR)

5.27 (4.11–7.50)

4.32 (2.02–5.16)

IP-10

 Range

0.0–3530.16

52.02–509.38

0.037*

 Median (IQR)

213.02 (151.75–335.65)

136.35 (94.31–169.1)

MCP-1

 Range

121.89–1205.45

89.81–446.45

0.001*

 Median (IQR)

213.63 (162.54–292.0)

130.46 (96.38 - 138.97)

IFN-gamma

 Range

0.0–6.21

0.78–3.22

0.003*

 Median (IQR)

0.52 (0.0–1.13)

1.51 (1.32–2.80)

Basic-FGF

 Range

0.0–56.65

0.0–40.08

0.100

 Median (IQR)

18.24 (0.0–30.26)

30.26 (30.26–40.08)

IL-8

 Range

0.0–47.86

0.0–35.52

0.015*

 Median (IQR)

16.96 (6.94–31.27)

3.45 (0.0–6.94)

G-CSF

 Range

0.0–46.03

9.04–65.37

0.019*

 Median (IQR)

4.23 (0.0–14.68)

13.57 (11.33–22.21)

IL-1ra

 Range

0.0–1351.34

93.27–382.12

0.070

 Median (IQR)

149.65 (0.0–298.27)

266.64 (193.9–327.79)

  1. aMann-Whitney U test
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05