Determinants of psychological emotions in lung cancer patients and their correlations with tumor markers and inflammatory cytokines

Table 7 Levels of inflammatory cytokines, mean ± SD

	CRP (mg/L)	IL-6 (ng/L)	TNF-α (ng/L)
Anxiety (n = 56)	5.95 ± 2.34	14.06 ± 3.86	14.28 ± 4.21
Non-anxiety (n = 72)	5.81 ± 2.13	10.59 ± 3.11	9.80 ± 3.38
t	0.344	5.629	6.690
P value	0.732	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Depression (n = 51)	5.86 ± 1.97	13.13 ± 3.39	13.07 ± 3.63
Non-depression (n = 77)	5.88 ± 2.38	11.43 ± 4.01	10.89 ± 4.61
t	0.036	2.491	2.849
P value	0.971	0.014	0.005

CRP: C-reactive protein; IL: Interleukin; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor.