Research Article
Association of Inflammatory Markers/Cytokines with Cardiovascular Risk Manifestation in Patients with Endometriosis
Table 1
Inflammatory markers/cytokines and demographic variables in comparable groups. Values are mean ± SEM.
| | Parameters | Control
(n = 80) | Endo
(n = 81) | P value | Percentage difference |
| | Age (yrs) | 31.01 ± 0.62 | 32.1 ± 0.58 | 0.2 | 3 | | SBP (mmHg) | 122.6 ± 0.98 | 123.1 ± 0.98 | 0.7 | 0.4 | | DBP (mmHg) | 80.63 ± 0.98 | 82.04 ± 0.90 | 0.2 | 2 | | Waist (cm) | 84.8 ± 0.55 | 85.17 ± 0.76 | 0.6 | 0.4 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 22.5 ± 0.28 | 23.26 ± 0.30 | 0.09 | 3 | | CRP (mg/L) | 6.14 ± 0.35 | 10.56 ± 0.39 | <0.001 | | | Fibrinogen (μg/mL) | 2749 ± 89.92 | 3382 ± 147.0 | 0.003 | | | Homocysteine (μmol/L) | 9.76 ± 0.42 | 13.07 ± 0.52 | <0.001 | | | IL-17 (pg/mL) | 2.82 ± 0.15 | 7.06 ± 0.32 | <0.001 | | | IL-33 (pg/mL) | 3.12 ± 0.15 | 5.52 ± 0.23 | <0.001 | |
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Indicate significance at P < 0.0001. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DSP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-17: interleukin-17; IL-33: interleukin-33. |
