Table 2

Inflammatory markers, and cytokines

Old
n = 37
Young
n = 22


Median
 Minimum
 Maximum
Median
 Minimum
 Maximum
IL-8 (pg/ml)
 25.6
 13.8
 81.2
 **
 18.3
 8.6
 70.7
MCP-1 (pg/ml)
 184.3
 111.5
 5828.0
200.4
 126.1
 340.7
TNF-α (pg/ml)
 0.91
 0.20
 3.38
 *
 0.52
 0.11
 1.69
IL-6 (pg/ml)
 1.16
 0.48
 12.68
 *
 0.84
 0.24
 2.31
CRP (mg/dl)
 0.41
 0.04
 51.62
 *
 0.21
 0.08
 0.70
SAA (μg/ml)
 19.9
 8.4
 159.3
18.4
 9.0
 142.3
HSP70 (pg/ml)
 36.2
 0.0
 166.0
 *
 16.8
 0.0
 47.0

Data are presented as median and range Mann-Whitney U test *; P < 0.05, **; P < 0.01, statistically identified as significant differences between old and young group IL-8, Interluikin 8; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor–α; CRP, C-reactive protein; SAA, serum amyloid A; HSP, heat shock protein

Ogawa et al. Immunity & Ageing 2008 5:13   doi:10.1186/1742-4933-5-13