From: On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: relationship between complications and released cytokines after on-pump surgery
Cytokine
On-pump
Off-pump
P
C-reactive protein
11.2
4.6
<0.001
IL-6
0.6
0.5
Not significant
Troponin I
0.358
0.126
0.02
CK-MB
23.6
7.8
0.003