Abbreviations : HCs: Healthy Controls ET-1: Endothelin-1, VEGF:
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, TNF-α: Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha,
IL-6:Interleukine-6, hsCRP: High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein,
ESR:Eritrocyte Sedimentation Rate
* Post-hoc analysis showed that both group-2 and group-3 revealed higher
VEGF levels than HCs (p=0.01, for each)