Serum IL-2 and IL-6 concentration in normal

Patient Parameters	Control normal patients group	Hemodialysis patient groups
Patient Parameters	Control normal patients group	Without pruritus	Mild pruritus	Moderate pruritus	Severe pruritus
IL-2 (pg/ml)	0.14 ±0.03^a	0.87 ±0.27^a	0.69 ±0.27^a	1.03 ±0.29^a	0.97 ±0.21^a
IL-6 (pg/ml)	5.71 ±1.15^c	12.79 ±2.83^a,b	9.90 ±3.07^b	16.02 ±2.26^a	13.58 ±2.60^a,b

Reference ranges are given as Mean ± S. E.
Mean values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at (P<0.05)

Table 4: Serum IL-2 and IL-6 concentration in normal control and hemodialysis patients with and without pruritus.