Investigation of serum level relationship of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines with vitamin D among healthy Ghanaian population

Table 2 Cytokines and 25(OH)D characteristics stratified gender

Characteristics	Total (n = 500)	Males (n = 362)	Females (n = 138)	Statistics	p-value
Age	27.97 ± 8.36	29.50 ± 8.512	23.95 ± 6.454	6.933^t	< 0.0001
25(OH)D (ng/ml)	25.05(7.82–41.78)	23.93(7.85–41.53)	26.05(7.74–41.92)	24,685^U	0.8392
IL- 10 (pg/ml)	5.89(4.14–7.81)	5.98(4.20–7.81)	5.76(4.03–7.79)	24,083 ^U	0.5355
TNF-alpha (pg/ml)	6.13(3.62–10.07)	6.09(3.62–10.47)	6.27(3.54–9.64)	24,931 ^U	0.9740
IFN-gamma (pg/ml)	9.02(7.66–13.86)	9.03(7.63–13.64)	8.96(7.86–14.20)	24,403 ^U	0.6908

t: unpaired t−test; U: Mann−Whitney U Test. Values are presented as frequency (percentages), mean SD; Median (Interquartile ranges)

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