Circulating Cytokines and Histological Liver Damage in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Table 2

Comparison of cytokine levels between HBeAg positive and HBeAg negative patients*.

(pg/mL)	HBeAg positive (𝑛=28)	HBeAg negative (𝑛=36)	𝑃 value
IL-2	0.517±2.37	0.726±0.38	0.24
IL-4	0.79±1.74	0.77±0.83	0.95
IL-5	0.508±0.16	0.726±0.38	<0.01**
IL-10	0.217±0.35	2.607±11.9	0.29
IL-12p70	0.898±0.60	2.17±3.06	0.03**
IL-13	0.529±0.31	0.803±1.18	0.24
GMCSF	1.131±0.1.75	1.56±1.84	0.35
IFN-gamma	34.8±40.72	37.36±25.43	0.76
TNF-alpha	5.446±10.09	5.196±2.93	0.89

∗Plus-minus values are means ± SD for all comparisons.
∗∗Statistically significant.