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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

  1. aResponders are defined as participants with cytokine levels above the detectable limit of the assay.
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Journal of Inflammation

ISSN: 1476-9255

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