Biological Markers Group-1 (n:8) Group-2 (n:34) Group-3 (n:7) HCs (n:25)
p
Endocan [median (min-max), pg/mL]
27.89 (22.83-634.01) 31.60 (23.00-469.99) 31.68 (18.89-231.68) 30.64 (12.94-90.23)
NS
ET-1 [median (min-max), pg/mL] 27.13 (18.62-295.38) 26.71 (13.79-221.03) 23.96 (21.55-229.79) 35.95 (10.26-85.17)
NS
VEGF [median (min-max), pg/mL] 47.56 (40.47-225.53) 74.01 (32.46-295.29) 104.17* (49.25-248.46) 46,64* (11.09-99.86)
0.002
TNF-α [median (min-max), pg/mL]
9.13 (7.68-11.22) 8.81 (2.51-15.18) 7.35 (3.47-13.87) 8.65 (3.33-11.58)
NS
IL-6 [median (min-max), pg/mL] 4.11 (3.43-5.66) 5.58 (3.29-29.10) 5.30 (3.55-9.00) 4.48 (3.34-9.86)
NS
hsCRP [median (min-max), mg/dL]
2.47 (0.18-18.5) 1.54 (0.02-13.00) 5.90 (2.75-11.90) 1.40 (0.17-6.74)
NS
ESR [median (min-max), mm/hr] 4 (1-20) 9 (2-39) 8.30 (1-34) 5 (2-22)
0.019