Serum proinflammatory cytokines and nutritional status in pediatric chronic liver disease

Table 2 Cytokine levels in children with chronic liver disease at nutritional risk vs well-nourished

Cytokine	Nutritional risk	Well-nourished	P value1
Interleukin-1β (pg/mL)	0.10 (0-0.66)	0.05 (0-0.28)	0.144
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)	7.12 (0.58-34.23)	1.63 (0.53-3.43)	0.020
TNF-α (pg/mL)	10.74 (8.17-12.35)	6.66 (4.28-11.26)	0.880

¹Mann-Whitney U test. Data are expressed as median (25^th-75^th centile). TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α.