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