Table 2 Results of the inflammatory mediators and cardiac troponin I

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

   Group A

3.7 (1.0–22.6)

79.9 (50.0–131.7)

112.0 (61.1–177.6)

<0.001^†

   Group B

2.6 (0.6–10.5)

87.6 (52.4–143.0)

131.0 (71.0–228.0)

<0.001^†

p = 0.068*

p = 0.092*

p = 0.168*

IL-6 (pg/ml)

   Group A

1.6 (0.4–21.8)

95.0 (13.6–405.1)

46.3 (16.1–149.5)

<0.001^†

   Group B

2.0 (0.4–60.6)

130.5 (21.7–353.8)

49.2 (14.8–214.5)

<0.001^†

p = 0.107*

p = 0.829*

p = 0.482*

IL-6r (ng/ml)

   Group A

43.6 (1.7–125.0)

47.4 (0.7–109.5)

56.2 (25.2–226.3)

0.949^†

   Group B

40.7 (15.6–94.6)

42.4 (22.2–100.5)

50.2 (13.2–104.9)

0.861^†

p = 0.607*

p = 0.914*

p = 0.304*

IL-10 (pg/ml)

   Group A

1.9 (0.2–24.0)

47.2 (2.3–476.6)

7.2 (1.3–90.9)

<0.001^†

   Group B

2.6 (0.8–9.7)

209.7 (16.3–814.3)

56.1 (3.6–225.1)

<0.001^†

p = 0.136*

p = 0.001*

p = 0.001*

Soluble endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 (ng/ml)

   Group A

88.6 (49.8–194.5)

88.5 (14.4–189.6)

72.7 (8.9–163.1)

0.058^†

   Group B

49.0 (18.3–144.1)

130.7 (33.0–360.7)

72.6 (16.7–224.7)

<0.001^†

p < 0.001*

p = 0.033*

p = 0.957*

Cardiac troponin-I (ng/ml)

   Group A

0.02 (0.01–0.022)

0.22 (0.07–0.85)

0.13 (0.03–0.75)

<0.001^†

   Group B

0.01 (0.01–0.016)

0.66 (0.10–1.28)

0.19 (0.03–0.80)

<0.001^†

p = 0.520*

p = 0.018*

p = 0.097*