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Table 1 Comparison of cytokine levels between acute ischaemic stroke patients and healthy controls

From: Prognostic significance of plasma IL-2 and sIL-2Rα in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke

Characteristic

Control (n = 76)

AIS (n = 201)

p value

Age, year; mean ± SD

62.63 ± 11.38

64.11 ± 13.29

0.237

Male, n (%)

51 (67.11)

149 (74.13)

0.244

Inflammatory cytokines, median (IQR), pg/ml

sIL-2Rα

812.80 (612.91–1170.57)

947.63 (689.61–1370.90)

0.036

IL-2

21.20 (12.94–32.77)

28.08 (17.28–40.85)

0.002

  1. IL-2 interleukin-2, sIL-2Rα soluble interleukin-2 receptor α