Table 3 Serum cytokine concentrations (excluding observations with CV >15 %)
Achilles tendon status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Analyte (pg/mL) | n | Normal | n | Tendinopathy | p-value |
TNF-α | 8 | 179.52 (62.30) | 18 | 119.93 (47.35) | 0.030 |
IL-1β | 10 | 13.08 (3.38) | 22 | 11.18 (2.99) | 0.193 |
bFGF | 9 | 68.42 (28.11) | 18 | 70.12 (27.89) | 0.643 |
INF-γ | 9 | 171.65 (73.43) | 21 | 147.58 (39.57) | 0.769 |
PDGF-BB | 10 | 12041.49 (2813.68) | 22 | 11062.68 (3447.73) | 0.088 |
VEGF | 9 | 211.36 (134.34) | 20 | 232.60 (117.48) | 0.5093 |