| Circulating soluble interleukin 1 receptor II (sIL-1RII) (A) and sgp130 (B) levels in 15 healthy subjects (HS), in 11 patients with ulcerative colitis in clinical remission (rUC), and in 13 patients with active UC (aUC). aCD v HS: *p<0.05; aCD v rCD: ?p<0.05. Results are shown as box plots; the line within the box represents the median value with the outer limits of the box representing the 25th and 75th percentile values; whiskers above and below the box indicate the 90th and 10th percentile values. Statistical comparisons were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Gut. 2005 April; 54(4): 488–495. |