Elevated Serum IL-17 Expression at Cessation Associated with Graves’ Disease Relapse

Table 2

T helper cell cytokines at diagnosis/cessation in GD patients with or without relapse.

Laboratory tests	Relapse		value
	Yes ()	No ()
Cytokines at diagnosis
IL-4 (pg/mL)	21.1 ± 5.8	19.9 ± 6.1	0.29
IL-17 (pg/mL)	10.9 ± 3.7	10.1 ± 3.2	0.22
IFN-γ (pg/mL)	130.4 ± 65.4	124.5 ± 55.8	0.60
Cytokines at cessation
IL-4 (pg/mL)	15.1 ± 5.9	12.8 ± 4.7	0.022
IL-17 (pg/mL)	8.9 ± 3.1	7.1 ± 2.7	0.001
IFN-γ (pg/mL)	122.4 ± 54.9	118.9 ± 51.7	0.73

GD: Graves’ disease; IL-4: interleukin-4; IL-17: interleukin-17; IFN-γ: interferon-γ. values were calculated by Student’s t-test. .