Biochemical markers

Study Population

Controls

Cases

P value

IL-6 (pg/ml)

n=138

2.55 (1.38-4.90)

2.14 (1.23-4.00)

3.50 (2.11-6.68)

0.002

CRP (mg/L)

n=138

2.48 (1.30-8.39)

1.97 (0.92-5.19)

3.82 (1.81-16.3)

0.019

NT-proBNP (pg/ml)

n=35

664 (309-1267)

541 (309-1242)

896 (322-1535)

0.23