a trend toward significancep = 0.07
Of the 48 blood serum cytokines investigated, macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGFabbb), RANTES (CCL5) and FLT3-ligand (FLT3L) returned statistical significance ( p < 0.05), with Interleukin1-beta (IL1b) showing a trend toward significance ( p = 0.07).