Table 1.

Description of the study participants

	Group 1 (n = 10)	Group 2 (n = 10)
Gender	Male	Male
Age (years)*	57·9 ± 7·5	62·0 ± 7·6
Duration of anaesthesia (min)*	288·5 ± 50·3	271·5 ± 32·7
Duration of surgery (min)*	203·2 ± 47·4	195·8 ± 27·4
Duration of bypass (min)*	76·1 ± 28·0	80·9 ± 20·9
Temperature during bypass (°C)*	31·3 ± 1·7	30·8 ± 1·9

Group 1, patients with low IL-6 secretion; Group 2, patients with high IL-6 secretion.

^*Values are given as mean ±s.d.