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Table 2 Peripheral blood cells, serum values and spontaneous monocyte secretion of TNF-α and IL-6

From: Increased production of hydrogen peroxide by peripheral blood monocytes associated with smoking exposure intensity in smokers

 

Smokers

Controls

p

 

N=25

N=38

 

Leukocytes (cel/mm3)

7249.2±2071.7

6110.5±1111.8

0.09

Neutrophils (cel/mm3)

4406.7±1802.7

3392.2±796.6

0.004

Lymphocytes (cel/mm3)

1879.6±480.5

1885.8±512.9

0.96

TNF-α serum (pg/ml)

5.2 (4.3-5.8)

3.6 (3.4-3.9)

<0.001

TNF-α monocytes(pg/ml)*

34.6 (16.1-55.7)

57.4 (22.2-100.9)

0.09

IL-6 serum (pg/ml)

0.40 (0.20-0.80)

0.30 (0.2-0.4)

0.45

IL-6 monocytes (pg/ml) *

1392.6 (272.6-2277.7)

1006.3 (281.9-3048.9)

0.93

  1. TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-6: interleukin 6, TNF-α and IL-6 monocytes*: measurements of the supernatant of spontaneous peripheral monocyte cultures.
  2. The values are presented as the means and standard deviations or as medians and quartiles. The statistical analysis was performed by t test or Mann–Whitney.
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Journal of Inflammation

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