[Retracted] Clinical Value of Cytokine Assay in Diagnosis and Severity Assessment of Lung Cancer

Table 2

Plasma cytokine levels and APACHE II score.

Groups	n	IL-2 (pg/ml)	IL-4 (pg/ml)	IL-6 (pg/ml)	IL-10 (pg/ml)	TNF-α (pg/ml)	IFN-γ (pg/ml)	APACHE II scores (points,  ± s)
Control group	50	2.05 ± 1.24	1.14 ± 0.98	1.04 ± 0.86	1.33 ± 1.11	0.96 ± 0.65	1.58 ± 1.12	—
Nonpleural effusion group	47	15.22 ± 3.14^a	19.85 ± 2.06^a	18.98 ± 2.45^a	16.98 ± 3.87^a	23.47 ± 2.25^a	11.64 ± 2.09^a	12.4 ± 3.9
Pleural effusion group	53	39.59 ± 6.43^ab	65.63 ± 15.36^ab	106.28 ± 20.92^ab	78.48 ± 12.15^ab	95.71 ± 18.33^ab	68.91 ± 11.37^ab	19.97 ± 3.82

^a, comparison between the pleural effusion group and the healthy controls; ^b, comparison between the pleural effusion group and the nonpleural effusion group; — indicates no available data for this item.