Table 4
Relation between clinical variables and cytokine mRNA level normalised to HPRT
| Clinical variable | No | Number of patients with detectable cytokine mRNA levels (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-6/HPRT | IL-8/HPRT | IL-1β/HPRT | IFNγ/HPRT‡ | IL-1α/HPRT | |||
| Severity | C1–C2 | 19 | 13 (68) | 17 (89) | 12 (63) | 14 (87) | 10 (52) |
| C3–D2 | 6 | 6 (100) | 6 (100) | 4 (66) | 4 (80) | 4 (66) | |
| Duration | 2–8 weeks | 14 | 10 (71) | 14 (100) | 8 (57) | 11 (84) | 9 (64) |
| 8–14 weeks | 5 | 4 (80) | 4 (80) | 3 (60) | 3 (75) | 3 (60) | |
| > 14 weeks | 6 | 5 (83) | 5 (83) | 5 (83) | 4 (100) | 2 (33) | |
| Recurrence | No | 14 | 9 (64) | 12 (86) | 7 (50) | 10 (83) | 6 (43) |
| Yes | 11 | 10 (91) | 11 (100) | 9 (82) | 8 (89) | 8 (72) | |
| No of previous surgeries | 0 | 7 | 5 (71) | 6 (86) | 4 (57) | 5 (100) | 3 (43) |
| 1 | 11 | 7 (63) | 10 (91) | 6 (54) | 8 (80) | 6 (55) | |
| 2–4 | 7 | 7 (100) | 7 (100) | 6 (86) | 5 (83) | 5 (71) | |
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No = number of samples examined.
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↵Number of samples investigated in each clinical group was slightly less than the examined number for other cytokines, due to insufficient sample.
