Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 4 Level of inflammatory mediators in male and female

From: Differences in levels of inflammatory mediators in meniscal and synovial tissue of patients with meniscal lesions

		Meniscus (pg/mg)			Synovium (pg/mg)
		IM	NIM	p - value	NS	FS	p - value
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	p - value	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	p - value
TNF-α	Male	0.12 ± .053	0.048 ± .03	.018	0.055 ± .002	0.055 ± .002	n.s.
TNF-α	Female	0.23 ± .11	0.046 ± .004	.04	0.054 ± .002	0.053 ± .002	n.s.
IL-6	Male	0.079 ± .069	0.068 ± .014	.049	0.088 ± .0021	0.075 ± .0072	.003
IL-6	Female	0.14 ± .034	0.065 ± .012	.018	0.089 ± .0034	0.072 ± .011	.018
NGF	Male	0.041 ± .005	0.041 ± .006	n.s.	0.061 ± .001	0.054 ± .003	n.s.
NGF	Female	0.044 ± .0072	0.048 ± .0067	n.s.	0.062 ± .012	0.06 ± .02	n.s.

TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-6 interleukin-6, NGF nerve growth factor, IM injured meniscal site, NIM non-injured meniscal site, NS synovium ‘nearest’ the lesion, FS ‘farthest’ synovium, n.s. not significantly different, SD standard deviation

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