Table 4.
Results of qRT-PCR for fibrosis.
| All Patients N = 100 |
POAF N = 38 |
No POAF N = 62 |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collagen-1 | 2.2 (1.9–2.5) 2.18 ± 0.39 |
2.4 (2.2–2.7) 2.47 ± 0.29 |
2.0 (1.8–2.3) 2.00 ± 0.32 |
0.001 |
| Collagen-3 | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) 1.32 ± 0.29 |
1.6 (1.1–1.8) 1.48 ± 0.35 |
1.2 (1.0–1.4) 1.22 ± 0.18 |
0.001 |
| Fibronectin | 2.2 (1.7–2.6) 2.13 ± 0.60 |
2.4 (2.1–2.8) 2.46 ± 0.36 |
2.0 (1.3–2.4) 1.92 ± 0.63 |
0.001 |
| TGFb | 3.0 (2.6–3.4) 2.98 ± 0.48 |
3.2 (2.9–3.6) 3.23 ± 0.42 |
2.9 (2.5–3.2) 2.88 ± 0.46 |
0.001 |
| SMAD-2 | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) 1.49 ± 0.22 |
1.6 (1.5–1.7) 1.57 ± 0.15 |
1.5 (1.3–1.6) 1.44 ± 0.25 |
0.030 |