Table 2 Comparison of the number of women who received a Pap smear compared to controls who had detectable levels of inflammatory cytokines.a
From: Papanicolaou smears and cervical inflammatory cytokine responses
Cytokine | N | Intervention (Number of Respondersa; %) | P-value | N | Control (Number of Respondersa; %) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
IL-12 p70 | 34 | 10/34 (29.4) | 24/34 (70.6) | 0.0007 | 36 | 11/36 (30.6) | 18/36 (50.0) | 0.0926 |
TNF-α | 41 | 16/41 (39.0) | 24/41 (58.5) | 0.0772 | 39 | 19/39 (48.7) | 25/39 (64.1) | 0.1707 |
IL-10 | 41 | 5/41 (12.2) | 20/41 (48.8) | 0.0003 | 39 | 13/39 (33.3) | 16/39 (41.0) | 0.4821 |