Table 3 Blood biomarkers in regular heated tobacco users (all) and control group.

From: Comparative evaluation of ten blood biomarkers of inflammation in regular heated tobacco users and non-smoking healthy males–a pilot study

 

Study group

Mean

SD

SE

Median

Min

Max

p

 

n

IL-1β [pg/ml]

H

44

1.91

1.02

0.15

1.60

0.59

5.43

0.9*

C

48

2.07

1.34

0.19

1.73

0.29

7.83

IL-6 [pg/ml]

H

44

2.83

1.12

0.17

2.73

0.97

6.63

0.2*

C

48

3.57

3.03

0.44

3.11

1.03

21.9

IL-8 [pg/ml]

H

44

6.86

16.5

2.49

4.37

1.97

113.76

0.01*

C

48

3.95

0.90

0.13

3.82

2.28

6.66

IL-10 [pg/ml]

H

44

2.04

0.89

0.13

1.97

0.66

4.52

0.5*

C

48

2.29

1.21

0.17

1.91

0.66

5.20

IL-12p70 [pg/ml]

H

44

17.47

11.42

1.72

14.42

0.00

49.76

0.1*

C

48

13.41

7.72

1.11

12.53

0.55

33.93

TNF-α [pg/ml]

H

44

13.45

2.98

0.44

13.37

7.73

18.43

0.8*

C

48

13.57

3.84

0.55

13.23

6.79

26.91

CRP [mg/l]

H

44

8.26

15.67

2.36

2.20

0.00

89.00

0.2*

C

48

17.77

59.19

8.54

4.21

0.00

404.03

Fibrinogen [mg/dl]

H

44

162.86

88.40

13.33

125.20

83.47

358.51

0.2*

C

48

195.64

99.65

14.38

137.28

86.69

387.80

VCAM-1 [ng/ml]

H

44

967.43

254.34

38.34

954.85

496.65

1685.09

0.9**

C

48

959.28

265.51

38.32

920.52

460.61

1482.51

ICAM-1 [ng/ml]

H

44

394.54

448.81

67.66

250.27

98.25

2458.535

0.7*

C

48

424.29

485.77

70.11

236.11

27.48

1999.79

  1. SD standard deviation, SE standard error, Min minimum, Max maximum, H heated tobacco users, C controls.
  2. *U Mann–Whitney test; **Student’s t-test.
  3. Significant values are in bold.
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