Research Article

Overexpression of Tear Inflammatory Cytokines as Additional Finding in Keratoconus Patients and Their First Degree Family Members

Table 2

Mean differences between groups for IL-1 beta measured with Tukey’s honest test.

IL-1 betaMean differenceTukey-adjusted value95% confidence interval

Keratoconus versus relatives6.460.7842−17.09 to 30.02
Keratoconus versus controls30.070.00946.51 to 53.63
Relatives versus controls23.600.0539−0.33 to 47.54