Plasma Cytokine Levels in Fibromyalgia and Their Response to 15 Weeks of Progressive Resistance Exercise or Relaxation Therapy

Table 2

Cytokine levels at baseline in plasma from women with fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy controls (HC).

Cytokine	FM	HC	-value
IFN-γ	9.9 (9.3)	9.3 (10.1)	0.408
IL-1β	0.8 (1.8)	1.4 (2.0)	0.001
IL-2	2.9 (3.9)	2.4 (2.4)	0.041
IL-6	2.0 (2.3)	1.6 (1.5)	0.009
IL-8	1.4 (2.2)	0.9 (1.9)	0.150
IL-10	7.9 (8.0)	7.6 (7.2)	0.415
IL-17A	9.8 (8.6)	7.9 (7.8)	0.151
TNF-α	4.3 (2.1)	3.6 (2.6)	0.013
IL-1ra	33.0 (116.0)	41.5 (74.9)	0.372
IP-10	398.5 (229.9)	346.4 (254.4)	0.013
MCP-1	310.3 (136.8)	298.7 (115.4)	0.627
Eotaxin	107.5 (50.1)	97.9 (40.9)	0.024

Data are presented as median (interquartile range). Italic figures denote significant differences (Mann–Whitney U test; ).