Research Article

The Regulation of Plasma Interleukin-6 Levels Is Modified by Hippocampal Sclerosis and Its Lateralization in Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Table 2

IL-6 levels and IL-6/IL-10 ratio based on epilepsy types and HS lateralization.

Epilepsy typesMedian (pg/mL)IQR

IL-6
 TLE + HS1.00.5-1.9
 Right lateralization1.70.9-2.0
 Left lateralization0.80.5-0.9
 Bilateral0.3NA
 TLE-HS1.20.5-2.6
 XLE1.20.6-2.4
 IGE1.30.6-2.2
IL-6/IL-10 ratio
 TLE + HS3.11.0-6.0
 Right lateralization2.90.8-7.6
 Left lateralization3.61.0-5.3
 Bilateral3.1NA
 TLE-HS1.60.7-4.0
 XLE2.41.0-4.8
 IGE1.50.3-6.5

Abbreviations: TLE+HS: temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis; TLE-HS: temporal lobe epilepsy without hippocampal sclerosis; XLE: extratemporal lobe epilepsy; IGE: idiopathic generalized epilepsy; IQR: interquartile range (25th-75th percentiles); NA: not applicable.