Table 1.
Factors Whose Levels Differed Between Serum and Plasma Components
| Factor Levels | ||||
| Factor | Serum | Plasma | Fold Difference | p* |
| Factor whose levels were greater in plasma | ||||
| Fibrinogen (microg/mL) | 3.13 ± 7.21 | 4,812 ± 1,780 | 24,500± 20,700 | 2.54E-07 |
| OPN (ng/mL) | 1.82 ± 1.18 | 4.12 ± 1.48 | 2.7 ± 1.0 | 5.61E-05 |
| Factors whose levels were greater in serum | ||||
| TNFR1 (pg/mL) | 582 ± 139 | 422 ± 103 | 1.39 ± 0.21 | 7.46E-05 |
| MIP-1α (pg/mL) | 96.2 ± 22.0 | 56.4 ± 8.8 | 1.71 ± 0.35 | 0.00014 |
| ITAC (pg/mL) | 78.4 ± 15.8 | 51.0 ± 7.3 | 1.55 ± 0.27 | 0.00014 |
| NAP-2 (microg/mL) | 4.79 ± 7.16 | 0.183 ± 0.321 | 62.48 ± 96.9 | 0.00019 |
| Lymphotactin (pg/mL) | 125 ± 104 | 103 ± 96 | 1.30 ± 0.20 | 0.00056 |
| MIP-1β (pg/mL) | 98.5 ± 64.0 | 74.3 ± 58.6 | 1.39 ± 0.31 | 0.0012 |
| MCP-2 (pg/mL) | 47.1 ± 11.3 | 31.1 ± 10.2 | 1.62 ± 0.50 | 0.0013 |
| TIMP-1 (ng/mL) | 106.3 ± 25.167 | 71.8 ± 8.36 | 1.50 ± 0.39 | 0.0016 |
| PAI-1 total (pg/mL) | 4,177 ± 3,170 | 929 ± 746 | 9.19 ± 15.21 | 0.0023 |
| Eotaxin 2 (pg/mL) | 1,976 ± 1,366 | 988 ± 576 | 1.93 ± 0.84 | 0.0028 |
| MIP-3α (pg/mL) | 17.1 ± 7.0 | 11.8 ± 6.3 | 1.53 ± 0.47 | 0.0030 |
| Exodus 2 (pg/mL) | 57.3 ± 16.5 | 48.7 ± 10.6 | 1.17 ± 0.15 | 0.0048 |
| RANTES (ng/mL) | 22.0 ± 20.2 | 5.77 ± 2.22 | 4.67 ± 5.19 | 0.0051 |
| MMP-9 (ng/mL) | 32.1 ± 23.5 | 11.4 ± 4.4 | 3.38 ± 3.24 | 0.0064 |
| PDGF-BB (pg/mL) | 214 ± 225 | 32.7 ± 19.8 | 9.97 ± 12.29 | 0.0072 |
| ACRP-30 (microg/mL) | 15.52 ± 14.83 | 11.26 ± 11.33 | 1.50 ± 0.57 | 0.0076 |
| APO-A1 (microg/mL) | 208.2 ± 38.49 | 173.2 ± 46.95 | 1.25 ± 0.26 | 0.0089 |
| MCP-3 (pg/mL) | 4.7 ± 3.9 | 1.5 ± 2.5 | 3.10 ± 0.41 | 0.0096 |
*p values were calculated using Student's paired T tests and natural log transformed data.
Values are mean ± one standard deviation.