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Table 4 Association of cytokines and growth factors levels with clinicopathological features

From: Salivary and serum IL-10, TNF-α, TGF-β, VEGF levels in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and correlation with HPV and EBV infections

 

IL-10

TNF-α

VEGF

TGF-β

Smoking

0.0017*

0.1542

0.4652

0.9853

Alcohol

0.1325

0.0915

0.1433

0.3278

Histological grade G

0.1105

0.0344*

0.0421*

0.7569

T stage

0.8636

0.0412*

0.0005*

0.2400

N stage

0.2592

0.3230

0.2878

0.0062*

EBV

0.0002*

0.0456*

0.0502

0.2842

HPV

0.0382*

0.7348

0.9016

0.0396*

HPV + EBV

0.0331*

0.6416

0.1180

0.0117*

  1. *Statistically significant