Clinical Study
Redox Responses in Patients with Sepsis: High Correlation of Thioredoxin-1 and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Plasma Levels
Table 3
Comparison of IL-6, TRX1, and MIF plasma levels in the volunteer, postoperative, and septic group at baseline.
| | Healthy () | Post-OP () | Sepsis () |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 0.0; 0.0–0.8 | 216.7; 48.8–360.5 | 577.7; 521.9–583.2 | -value | Healthy versus Post-OP: *** | Healthy versus Sepsis: *** | Post-OP versus Sepsis: P <.001*** |
| TRX1 (ng/ml) | 11.0; 10.0–12.1 | 11.3; 9.6–15.6 | 34.0; 19.7–57.7 | -value | Healthy versus Post-OP: | Healthy versus Sepsis: *** | Post-OP versus Sepsis: P <.001*** |
| MIF (pg/ml) | 161.6; 148.5–214.0 | 156.4; 115.1–398.7 | 1821.1; 412.2–3708 | -value | Healthy versus Post-OP: | Healthy versus Sepsis: ** | Post-OP versus Sepsis: *** |
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Data are presented by median and interquartile range (Q1–Q3).
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