Levels of thrombopoietin in aqueous humor of patients with noninfectious acute anterior uveitis

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Table 1 TPO levels in the serum and aqueous humor of uveitis patients and the control group measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, presented along with the age and sex of subjects

Subject	Uveitis group				Control group
	Age (years)	Sex	Aqueous humor level of TPO (pg/mL)	Serum level of TPO (pg/mL)	Age (years)	Sex	Aqueous humor level of TPO (pg/mL)	Serum level of TPO (pg/mL)
1	59	M	49.2	35.6	50	F	50.8	45.2
2	53	F	44.5	28.2	48	M	51.2	43.4
3	55	F	32.5	21.1	52	M	25.4	23.9
4	40	M	47.8	31.2	46	F	33.7	30.5
5	70	M	40.0	26.5	50	M	50.9	50.7
6	47	M	86.3	61.2	52	M	35.0	32.0
7	45	F	38.6	23.1	69	M	39.5	40.1
8	58	M	65.2	37.6	75	F	23.2	22.2
9	79	M	71.4	54.6	77	M	30.8	29.3
10	49	F	77.1	33.5	55	F	24.0	23.9
11	68	M	46.1	32.6	44	M	27.8	28.4
12	47	F	47.5	26.6	55	F	14.8	15.3
13	38	M	43.0	23.2	71	F	39.0	41.0
14	43	F	69.7	51.4	64	M	39.2	42.3
15	35	M	41.7	25.3	70	M	34.1	29.2
16	40	F	70.9	54.7	70	M	29.6	28.6

Abbreviations: TPO, thrombopoietin; M, male; F, female.

Figure 1 Thrombopoietin (TPO) levels in the aqueous humors of 16 patients with uveitis and 16 controls.

Notes: The horizontal lines represent the mean concentration for each group. TPO levels in the two groups were statistically significantly different (Mann–Whitney U-test, P=0.0008), with the concentration of TPO proving to be significantly higher among patients with uveitis than among controls.