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Table 4 Cytokine and immune mediator concentrations (range and median concentration in pg/ml) in amniotic fluid by fetal gender

From: Influence of maternal age, gestational age and fetal gender on expression of immune mediators in amniotic fluid

Mediator

Concentration range (median) male

Concentration range (median) female

p-value

IL-2 (n = 66)

0.4-7.5 (4.7)

0.8-9.1 (3.9)

0.537

IL-4 (n = 182)

1.2-21.5 (8.6)

0.8-21.9 (8.3)

0.600

IL-6 (n = 156)

237.3-21275.0 (904.2)

120.8 -15825 (662.0)

0.079

IL-8 (n = 185)

0-5362.5 (664.9)

0-17125 (600.8)

0.644

IL-10 (n = 161)

2.4-18.5 (5.8)

2.2-85.6 (6.5)

0.559

IL-12 (n = 161)

0.7-23.7 (5.6)

0-17.3 (6.1)

0.478

IL-15 (n = 173)

2.5-169.4 (16.3)

2.4-165.8 (27.7)

0.868

IL-17 (n = 66)

3.5-47.9 (23.1)

4.1-39.7 (23.2)

0.940

TNF- α (n = 161)

5.3-30.3 (11.3)

2.9-659 (11.1)

0.870

GRO- α (n = 184)

14.5-7658.8 (1021.9)

12.3-6106 (1079.9)

0.985

Pro IL1-ß (n = 157)

0-269.1 (16.9)

2-1048.8 (18.1)

0.797

Histone (n = 161)

0.04-3.7 (0.2)

0.06-78.4 (0.3)

0.654

IP-10 (n = 169)

11.6-6781.6 (678.3)

0.4-32370 (703.6)

0.914

MIP1-ß (n = 182)

10.5-188.3 (25.4)

5.8-16305.8 (25.4)

0.590

MIP1- α (n = 186)

7.9-86.3 (26.1)

0-1531.3 (25.4)

0.410