Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition on Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Table 2

Circulating stem cells (CD133⁺) and early EPCs (CD133⁺/VEGFR2⁺) in groups I (at the first time point—24 h) and II.

Study population; (Number of cells/μL)	Group I; (); Mean ± SD	Group II; (); Mean ± SD	value
CD133^+	0.0325 ± 0.054	0.0162 ± 0.0132	0.6196
CD133^+/VEGF-R2^+	0.0099 ± 0.013	0.0106 ± 0.0231	0.6253

Mann–Whitney U test.