RETRACTED ARTICLE: The profile of the key pro-inflammatory cytokines in the serum of patients with CD and their association with the disease severity and activity

Table 2 Serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in patients with Crohn’s disease, (M ± SD)

Indicator	Healthy people (n = 30)	Patients with Crohn’s disease (n = 61)
TNF-α, pg/ml	30.88 ± 2.08	137.46 ± 9.72^a
IL-1α, pg/ml	10.14 ± 0.93	51.55 ± 4.36^a
IL-6, pg/ml	9.27 ± 0.52	20.03 ± 1.81^a
IL-8, pg/ml	12.62 ± 1.16	25.74 ± 2.05^a
IFN-γ, pg/ml	39.35 ± 2.40	208.63 ± 14.29^a

^a The difference is statistically significant compared to healthy people (p < 0.005)

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