A cross-sectional study on the correlation between cytokines in a pelvic environment and tubal factor infertility

Table 1 Comparison of the serum levels of TNF-α, IL-8, IL-6 and TGF-β1

	Fibroids group (n = 29)	Primary infertility group (n = 30)		Secondary infertility group (n = 30)
	Fibroids group (n = 29)		p-value		p-value
IL-8	5.73 ± 1.99	9.82 ± 1.69	1.03376E-11	32.18 ± 15.13^a	5.55701E-39
IL-6	30.48 ± 0.61	33.52 ± 1.33	4.27837E-16	38.84 ± 3.46^a	4.38063E-19
TGF-β1	32.25 ± 1.69	33.72 ± 0.67	4.61825-5	38.37 ± 3.14^a	1.31313E-13
TNF-α	19.61 ± 0.157	21.48 ± 1.99	4.68514E-6	26.15 ± 3.51^a	1.46452E-16

^aindicates statistical significance between Secondary infertility group vs. Fibroids group

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