Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Show Different Frequencies in Diabetics and Subjects with Arterial Hypertension

Table 2

Comparison of serum cytokine concentrations among study groups^#.

Variable	Non-DM2	DM2	value
Eotaxin ()			0.2127^a
IL-1α ()	482.1 pg/dl; ,	415.1 pg/dl; ,	0.1741^b
TNF-α ()	69.64 pg/dl; ,	42.75 pg/dl; ,	0.8591^b
IFN-γ ()	642.8 pg/dl; ,	400.1 pg/dl; ,	0.4202^b
IL-5 ()	2.850 pg/dl; ,	38.4 pg/dl; ,	0.0200^b
IL-10 ()	16.65 pg/dl; ,	26.68 pg/dl; ,	0.5652^b
IL-12p70 ()	22.18 pg/dl; ,	22.65 pg/dl; ,	0.9004^b
IL-17 ()	117.9 pg/dl; ,	93.97 pg/dl; ,	0.9999^b

^#Only the concentrations obtained above detection limits for each cytokine were considered for analysis. ^aStudent’s -test. ^bMann-Whitney test. .