Growth Factors Serum Levels in Coronary Artery Disease Patients Scheduled for Bypass Surgery: Perioperative Dynamics and Comparisons with Healthy Volunteers

Table 2

Concentrations of cytokines in patients with 3-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD) and healthy volunteers. Values are presented as median (interquartile range).

	CAD patients (𝑛=39)	Healthy volunteers (𝑛=39)	𝑃 value
IL-1𝛼 (pg/mL)	0.12 (0.07–0.21)	0.10 (0.07–0.21)	ns
IL-1𝛽 (pg/mL)	0.66 (0.48–0.97)	0.66 (0.47–0.93)	ns
IL-2 (pg/mL)	1.67 (1.29–2.38)	1.67 (1.10–2.36)	ns
IL-4 (pg/mL)	1.20 (1.00–1.42)	1.38 (1.09–1.78)	0.03
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.98 (1.02–3.39)	0.73 (0.57–1.00)	<0.001
IL-8 (pg/mL)	6.03 (4.01–7.53)	6.63 (5.13–8.04)	ns
IL-10 (pg/mL)	0.49 (0.42–0.68)	0.64 (0.51–0.80)	<0.01
TNF𝛼 (pg/mL)	2.66 (2.07–3.84)	2.89 (2.49–3.86)	ns
IFN𝛾 (pg/mL)	1.36 (0.72–2.91)	1.37 (1.24–1.74)	ns