Clinical Study

Obesity and Cytokines in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 3

Cytokines levels and therapy information from subjects subdivided into obese and nonobese.

Obese cSLE Nonobese cSLE Obese controls Nonobese controls

Cytokines levels
 TNF- (pg/mL)3.1 (1–11.1)*1.8 (0.8–11.1)1.3 (0.5–2.1)1.2 (0.2–3.9)
 IL-6 (pg/mL)1.4 (0.3–6.9)1.4 (0.3–9.7)0.9 (0.4–5.9)0.9 (0.3–3.6)
 IL-10 (pg/mL)16.7 (7.6–26.3)13.6 (3.9–39.7)4.9 (3.9–6)5.6 (3.5–9.5)
Therapy
 CE dose (mean ± SD)
 CE/Kg (mean ± SD)
 CE cumulative (mean ± SD)

The cytokine data were given in median (range). .