Interleukin-6 and its soluble receptor in patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 2 Median and range of serum values of IL-6 (pg/mL) and sIL-6R (ng/ml) in HCC and LC patients divided into groups according to Child-Pugh classes

	Class A		Class B		Class C
	LC	HCC	LC	HCC	LC	HCC
	(n = 20)	(n = 44)	(n = 33)	(n = 30)	(n = 19)	(n = 19)
	median	median	median	median	median	median
	(range)	(range)	(range)	(range)	(range)	(range)
IL-6	3a	6.5a	8.5	14	8c	28c
	(3-52)	(3-270)	(3-155)	(3-301)	(3-132)	(3-301)
sIL-6R	49.8b	36.8b	37.2	42.8	6.8d	56.2d
	(21.2-80)	(17.6-67.2)	(4.8-72)	(18-72.8)	(24.4-57.2)	(24-80)

^aP < 0.04 vs sIL-6R ;

^bP < 0.04,

^dP < 0.03 vs IL-6.