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Table 2 Comparison of levels of inflammatory cytokines

From: Study on relationship between elderly sarcopenia and inflammatory cytokine IL-6, anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10

Variable

Sarcopenia

Non-Sarcopenia

p

IL-6 (pg/ml)

43.80 ± 10.13

27.38 ± 9.53

< 0.001

IL-10 (pg/ml)

4.13 ± 1.03

3.75 ± 1.21

0.032

IL-6/IL-10

9.71 ± 1.43

9.09 ± 1.71

0.013

  1. IL-6: interleukin-6, IL-10: interleukin-10
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