Newton’s Classification
Cytokine Statistic 0 (n=47) 1, 2 and 3 (n=42) 1 (n=27) 2, 3 (n=15)
IFN-g Mean 0.24 3.83 (P=0.0004) 0.47 9.88
  SD 1.39 11.9 1.39 18.71
  CV (%) 590.9 310.8 298.9 189.4
  Median 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.74
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 9.6 64.4 6.8 64.4
IL-2 Mean 0.22 0.42 (P=0.058) 0.36 0.55
  SD 0.40 0.54 0.49 0.63
  CV (%) 180.5 127.9 136.5 115.5
  Median 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 1.2 2.2 1.7 2.2
IL-4 mean 0.33 0.46 (P=0.139) 0.52 0.34
  SD 0.56 0.566 0.622 0.444
  CV (%) 168.3 124.1 119.9 129.5
  Median 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.32
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.4
IL-5 Mean 0.56 0.80 (P=0.0744) 0.68 1.01
  SD 0.76 0.74 0.77 0.640
  CV (%) 136.3 92.4 113.6 63.3
  Median 0.00 0.16 0.63 1.09
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 2.6 1.6 2.6 2.4
IL-6 Mean 3.48 28.32 (P<0.0001) 9.16 62.82
  SD 5.21 40.06 10.64 63.40
  CV (%) 149.8 162.6 116.2 100.9
  Median 2.08 8.63 5.49 37.67
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7
  Maximum 30.5 215.7 41.9 215.7
IL-10 Mean 0.08 1.06 (P<0.0001) 0.47 2.13
  SD 0.16 2.14 0.92 3.15
  CV (%) 204.9 200.8 195.7 147.4
  Median 0.00 0.17 0.00 1.09
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 0.6 10.2 3.9 10.2
IL-17a Mean 1.02 8.35 (P=0.026) 2.78 18.39
  SD 2.37 18.45 4.67 28.07
  CV (%) 233.1 220.9 168.3 152.7
  Median 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.89
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 9.0 89.2 13.7 89.2
IL-22 Mean 9.90 76.70 (P=0.0004) 33.39 154.65
  SD 13.66 124.13 74.50 157.14
  CV (%) 138.0 161.8 223.1 101.6
  Median 0.00 24.72 7.81 91.11
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 39.3 411.4 321.8 411.4
TGF-b1 Mean 258.67 360.39(P<0.0001) (P<0.0001) 321.37 430.64
  SD 495.52 308.77 297.32 326.81
  CV (%) 191.6 85.7 92.5 75.9
  Median 186.89 280.11 273.48 343.90
  Minimum 10.1 93.4 93.4 167.1
           
  Maximum 3537.0 1705.5 1705.5 1335.7
TNF-a Mean 0.02 0.69 (P=0.0009) 0.61 0.84
  SD 0.048 2.079 2.26 1.765
  CV (%) 301.3 300.0 371.6 209.1
  Median 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15
  Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Maximum 0.2 11.6 11.6 6.1
CV (%): Coefficient of Variation.
P-value is based on the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.
Table 2: Level of 10 different cytokines and Newton’s classification of denture stomatitis in 93 patients.