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Table 3 Comparison of cytokine responses across different lifestyle groups

From: Asymptomatic malaria and hepatitis B do not influence cytokine responses of persons involved in chronic sedentary activities

Parameters (pg/mL)

Groups of traders based on number of working years and working hours per day

*p

≥5 years + ≥ 10 h group

≥ 5 years + < 10 h group

<  5 years + ≥ 10 h group

<  5 years + < 10 h group

Pro-inflammatory cytokines

Median (IQR), n

TNF-α

12.12 (9.54–15.38) 20

11.35 (9.65–11.92) 5

12.69 (6.91–14.51) 4

7.13 (4.50–12.99) 4

0.405

IL-1β

3.47 (2.82–4.82) 15

3.52 (2.59–5.503) 4

4.56 (3.30–5.73) 3

3.37 (1.97–4.56) 3

0.759

IL-6

34.88 (25.83–47.90) 20

28.41 (23.06–36.30) 5

39.55 (21.62–52.94) 4

25.32 (21.62–131.3) 4

0.608

IFN-γ

6.355 (3.94–9.83) 18

5.39 (3.73–8.44) 5

7.34 (3.69–10.77) 3

7.95 (3.01–14.20) 4

0.890

IL-8

14.21 (10.32–36.89) 13

12.16 (4.09–20.22) 2

35.94 (11.06–404.4) 4

15.93 (3.01–24.02) 3

0.773

IL-12

4.328 (3.07–5.73) 18

4.27 (3.45–6. 87) 5

2.161 (1.79–5.86) 3

3.872 (1.82–5.96) 3

0.667

Anti-inflammatory cytokines

Median (IQR), n

IL-10

28.3 (14.17–52.01) 18

16.65 (14.91–50.76) 4

13.41 (5.69–29.60) 4

17.6 (15.06–27.41) 3

0.342

IL-7

17.72 (14.41–23.66) 21

11.83 (10.38–24.46) 5

17.98 (11.91–35.01) 4

10.93 (6.76–17.98) 4

0.222

IL-13

27.17 (19.65–35.52) 15

27.47 (15.37–42.98) 5

23.26 (13.22–34.90) 4

26.27 (15.59–39.87) 4

0.927

  1. *; analyzed by Krulskal-Wallis test
  2. p significant at < 0.05 (2-tailed)
  3. IQR interquartile range
  4. n number of samples