Table 4 Cytokine levels of experimental and healthy control groups.

From: Altered levels of cytokine, T- and B-lymphocytes, and PD-1 expression rates in drug-naïve schizophrenia patients with acute phase

Variable

Experimental group

Healthy control group

t/χ2/Z

P

IL-2, pg/mL

1.51 ± 0.53

1.56 ± 0.41

− 0.38

0.71

IL-4, pg/mL

0.99(0.82–1.06)

0.99(0.85–1.1)

− 0.14

0.89

IL-6, pg/mL

1.91(1.57–3.17)

1.43(1.32–1.87)

− 2.75

0.01**

IL-10, pg/mL

1.37(1.22–1.64)

1.49(1.29–1.67)

− 0.53

0.61

IL-17A, pg/mL

0.48(0.17–0.79)

0.44(0.26–0.73)

− 0.31

0.77

TNF-α, pg/mL

1.22(0.89–1.51)

1.33(0.92–1.65)

− 0.43

0.68

IFN-γ, pg/mL

0.69(0.57–0.77)

0.74(0.61–0.86)

− 1.01

0.32

  1. Continuous variables conforming to normal distribution: mean ± standard deviation.
  2. Continuous variables that do not conform to normal distribution: median (25 percentile quantile, 75 percentile quantile).
  3. ** Significant at P < 0.01.
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