Table 5 Correlation between the levels of blood biomarkers and the daily number of heated tobacco sticks used in the last 90 days among all heated tobacco users (n = 44).

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

 

r

p

IL-1β & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.11

0.5

IL-6 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.01

0.9

IL-8 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

0.37

0.01

IL-10 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.02

0.9

IL-12p70 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

0.11

0.46

TNF-α & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

0.03

0.83

CRP & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.11

0.5

Fibrinogen & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.09

0.5

VCAM-1 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.27

0.08

ICAM-1 & daily number of heated tobacco sticks

− 0.20

0.2

  1. r the Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
  2. Significant values are in bold.