Inflammation but Not Endothelial Dysfunction Is Associated with the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Dyslipidemic Subjects

Figure 2

Box and whisker plots of plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1𝛽), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF𝛼), vascular adhesion molecule 1 (sVCAM-1) and P-Selectin in dyslipidemic subjects with (+CAD; 𝑛=33) or without (−CAD; 𝑛=69) symptomatic (CAD). *𝑃<.05 versus −CAD. Dotted lines represent the median of the values obtained from healthy subjects in the same laboratory.

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