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Table 3 BALF inflammatory cytokines between GMPP and RMPP children

From: The correlation between vitamin a status and refractory Mycoplasma Pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP) incidence in children

BALF inflammatory cytokines

GMPP (n = 45)

RMPP (n = 14)

P

IL-6 (pg/mL)

122.00 (43.92–294.49)

302.27 (141.45–726.08)

0.017*

TNF-α (pg/mL)

5.56 (0.00–11.04)

29.41 (5.01–79.13)

0.014*

IL-2 (pg/mL)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.314

IL-4 (pg/mL)

0.00 (0.00–2.06)

0.00 (0.00–0.74)

0.841

IL-10 (pg/mL)

3.09 (0.00–9.27)

9.74 (0.00–37.48)

0.227

IFN-γ (pg/mL)

3.87 (0.00–12.26)

6.74 (2.40–46.56)

0.143

IL-17a (pg/mL)

3.70 (0.00–7.76)

6.82 (0.38–10.74)

0.214

  1. * showed difference between RMPP and GMPP groups (P < 0.05)