Table 4 Serum cytokine concentrations analysed by sex and tendon status (all data points)
Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Analyte (pg/mL) | Normal (n = 6) | Tendinopathy (n = 15) | p | Normal (n = 4) | Tendinopathy (n = 7) | p |
TNF-α | 153.25 (65.81) | 132.02 (30.06) | 0.586 | 204.09 (58.13) | 76.65 (50.93) | 0.014 |
IL-1β | 12.23 (3.79) | 11.68 (2.08) | 0.938 | 14.35 (2.60) | 10.12 (4.37) | 0.059 |
bFGF | 76.64 (29.83) | 72.54 (24.76) | 0.815 | 54.35 (15.56) | 53.049 (27.06) | 0.850 |
INF-γ | 168.99 (72.33) | 150.93 (42.14) | 0.876 | 198.26 (86.17) | 122.53 (54.10) | 0.257 |
PDGF-BB | 11108.4 (3378.3) | 11181.3 (2857.4) | 0.640 | 13441.1 (613.2) | 10808.5 (4737.1) | 0.023 |
VEGF | 238.97 (155.33) | 240.2367 (130.653 | 0.876 | 149.57 (59.24) | 167.4 (95.6) | 0.571 |