Table 1.
Comparison of drug usage frequencies across the four studied groups.
Fig 1.
Serum levels of IL-8, IL-6, TGF-β and TNF-α in the four groups including: patients with blood hypertension but not acute coronary syndrome (BH no ACS), patients with blood hypertension and acute coronary syndrome (BH plus ACS), patients with acute coronary syndrome but not blood hypertension (ACS no BH) and healthy controls (without blood hypertension and acute coronary syndrome).
The fig shows that the serum levels of IL-6 were significantly decreased and TGF-β were significantly increased in the three patient groups in comparison to healthy controls. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).
Fig 2.
Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8, TGF-β and TNF-α in male and female participants in the group 1.
The fig illustrates that serum levels of the cytokines were not significantly different among males and females in the group 1. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).
Fig 3.
Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8, TGF-β and TNF-α in male and female participants in the group 2.
The fig illustrates that serum levels of the cytokines were not significantly different among males and females in the group 2. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).
Fig 4.
Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8, TGF-β and TNF-α in male and female participants in the group 3.
The fig illustrates that serum levels of the cytokines were not significantly different among males and females in the group 3. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).
Fig 5.
Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8, TGF-β and TNF-α in male and female participants in the group 4.
The fig illustrates that serum levels of TGF-β were significantly increased in the females in comparison to males in the healthy controls (group 4). Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α were not significantly different among males and females in the group 4. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).
Table 2.
Demographic information of participants.
Table 3.
Correlations among age, weight, BMI, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α and TGF-β within group 1 (patients with hypertension without CAD).
Table 4.
Correlations among age, weight, BMI, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α and TGF-β within group 2 (patients with hypertension and CAD).
Table 5.
Correlations among age, weight, BMI, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α and TGF-β within group 3 (CAD patients without hypertension).
Table 6.
Correlations among age, weight, BMI, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α and TGF-β within group 4 (Controls).