Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-17A, and TNF-α in Aqueous Humour of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 2

Average levels of each inflammatory cytokine in aqueous humour ().

Groups	Case number	IL-1β (pg/ml)	IL-6 (pg/ml)	IL-8 (pg/ml)	IL-17A (pg/ml)	TNF-α (pg/ml)
5-year DR group	20	22.109 ± 0.34	86.324 ± 1.54	342.782 ± 18.55	32.751 ± 0.68	14.065 ± 0.23
5-year DM group	20	11.415 ± 0.25	18.221 ± 1.45	19.009 ± 1.13	13.875 ± 0.42	7.944 ± 0.22
value		15.43	39.01	27.78	21.42	19.15
value		0.001	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.001
10-year DR group	20	20.589 ± 0.24	31.480 ± 1.35	137.903 ± 3.90	25.460 ± 0.59	11.765 ± 0.18
10-year DM group	20	15.845 ± 0.53	16.080 ± 0.79	13.662 ± 0.53	12.084 ± 0.45	8.056 ± 0.29
value		1.011	10.477	30.598	17.670	11.499
value		0.005	0.001	0.003	0.001	0.001
5-year PDR group	9	24.127 ± 0.59	91.434 ± 2.12	384.171 ± 30.83	35.784 ± 0.91	16.432 ± 0.24
5-year NPDR group	11	18.229 ± 0.50	81.838 ± 2.33	300.930 ± 12.46	31.912 ± 0.96	12.826 ± 0.21
value		4.958	1.887	2.444	2.532	13.197
value		0.001	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.001
10-year PDR group	10	22.667 ± 2.27	35.987 ± 0.17	144.437 ± 5.77	30.352 ± 0.90	12.855 ± 0.20
10-year NPDR group	10	18.293 ± 1.50	27.190 ± 0.37	124.369 ± 1.05	20.568 ± 0.90	9.670 ± 0.17
value		3.137	19.392	3.375	16.707	67.498
value		0.002	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001

All values shown in this table are less than 0.05; IL: interleukin; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.