| PTSD nurse group (N = 55) | non-PTSD nurses group (N = 80) | Healthy population group (N = 80) | F | p |
IL-2 | 39.83 ± 13.12 | 33.94 ± 12.75 | 28.33 ± 12.12 | 5.052 | 0.009 |
IL-6 | 56.37 ± 21.62 | 44.12 ± 20.86 | 29.65 ± 22.63 | 9.183 | 0.000 |
IL-10 | 62.48 ± 34.19 | 42.56 ± 24.18 | 13.090 ± 11.13 | 27.791 | 0.000 |
TNF-α | 37.61 ± 4.41 | 39.13 ± 5.17 | 19.26 ± 4.32 | 29.08 | 0.000 |