TNF and Cirrhosis: There was no link between four mediators with presence or not of cirrhosis (19.80 ± 4.03 versus 19.50 ± 5.70 pg/ml in IL-6, P = 0.966; 299.30 ± 79.70 versus 296.67 ± 135.87 pg/ml, P = 0.986 in IL-27; 74.13 ± 34.09 versus 46.98 ± 17.98 pg/ml in TNF-α, P = 0.596; 12.92 ± 2.80 versus 16.60 ± 6.82 pg/ml in VEGF, P = 0.555 respectively).