Table 4. Differences in mean serum IL-6 levels among patient groups.
|
Groups |
IL-6 (pg/ml) |
p-value |
|
|
Mean ± SD |
Range |
||
|
Respiratory allergy (n=38) |
8.013±1.942 |
5.23-11.3 |
0.001** |
|
Skin allergy (n=46) |
6.687±1.467 |
5.12-8.93 |
|
|
Children (n=16) |
7.383±0.8873 |
6.2-8.23 |
0.370 ⁿ⸉ |
|
Adult (n=68) |
7.719±2.103 |
5.12-11.3 |
|
|
Male (n=44) |
6.941±1.304 |
5.12-9.14 |
0.101 ⁿ⸉ |
|
Female (n=40) |
7.711±2.141 |
5.22-11.3 |
|
p-value ˃ 0.05 is not significant (ⁿ⸉) and P-value ≤ 0.05 is significant **. The values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD); **p-value: significant regarding the allergy type; IL-6: Interleukin-6.