Research Article

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

Table 3

Mean differences between groups for IL-4 measured with Tukey’s honest test.

IL-4Mean differenceTukey-adjusted value95% confidence interval

Keratoconus versus relatives83.290.5866−121.25 to 287.85
Keratoconus versus controls302.450.0016105.34 to 499.57
Relatives versus controls219.160.033314.60 to 423.71