Impact of Petroleum Exposure on Some Hematological Indices, Interleukin-6, and Inflammatory Markers of Workers at Petroleum Stations in Basra City

Table 4

Comparison of the inflammatory markers IL-6, hs-CRP, and ESR between exposed workers and nonexposed subjects groups.

Groups	Inflammatory makers
	IL-6 (pg/mL)	hs-CRP (mg/L)	ESR (mm/h)
Exposed workers	12.21 ± 2.80	5.87 ± 1.51	11.80 ± 3.04
Nonexposed subjects	5.54 ± 1.80	1.93 ± 0.80	8.83 ± 1.75
≤	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and IL-6: Interleukin-6.