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Table 3 Cytokine levels of peritoneal fluid and serum (pg/ml); tumor cell detection; taurolidine group (TRD); povidone-iodine group (C).

From: Taurolidine reduces the tumor stimulating cytokine interleukin-1beta in patients with resectable gastrointestinal cancer: a multicentre prospective randomized trial

 

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

Peritoneal fluid

TRD

C

TRD

C

TRD

C

TRD

C

TRD

C

TRD

C

IL-1β *

4.9

(4.9–4.9)

4.9

(4.9–6.2)

4.9

(4.9–4.9)

4.9

(4.9–9.7)

4.9

(4.9–58.4)

7.5

(4.9–129)

4.9

(4.9–41.8)

4.9

(4.9–54.0)

15.0

(4.9–441)

36.6

(4.9–561)

31.1

(4.9–1410)

68.8

(6.3–1001)

IL-6 *

4.9

(4.9–325)

4.9

(4.9–216)

4.9

(4.9–197)

4.9

(4.9–568)

429

(4.9–5350)

738

(4.9–10000)

261

(4.9–6580)

455

(4.9–20000)

4530

(26–10000)

5001

(273–20000)

5001

(7–10000)

5700

(1001–20000)

IL-10 *

1.6

(0.8–50.5)

1.7

(1.0–21.3)

1.6

(0.8–36.2)

1.6

(0.9–13.7)

5.6

(0.8–81.4)

9.0

(1.6–98.8)

4.1

(1.1–31.4)

4.0

(1.6–87.6)

27.2

(0.8–100)

61.5

(3.0–250)

39.2

(1.6–155)

88.8

(4.0–250)

Tumour cells

0

0

    

1

(1.7%)

1

(1.7%)

    

Serum

            

IL-1β

            

IL-6 *

4.9

(4.9–17.0)

4.9

(4.9–29.8)

4.9

(4.9–49.8)

4.9

(4.9–83.8)

43.0

(4.9–326)

42.6 (4.9–302)

43.5

(4.9–288)

44.3

(4.9–553)

87.7

(11–1500)

138

(10–650)

83

(4.9–1480)

165

(13–3460)

IL-10 *

1.6

(0.8–25.0)

1.7

(0.8–38.8)

1.6

(0.8–25.0)

1.6

(0.8–38.8)

4.7

(1.6–100)

6.1

(0.8–108)

4.6

(1.6–77)

7.9

(1.6–135)

6.5

(1.6–85)

9.1

(1.5–248)

7.0

(1.6–50.0)

6.9

(1.6–223)

  1. Values are given as mean (SD), t-test or median* (range), Mann-Whitney-U-test; statistical significance is shown in bold letters