Table 1.

Hematological measurements.

Inflammation/Coagulation
Acute-phase reaction	C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, fibrinogen
Pro-inflammatory cytokines	Interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)
Endothelial dysfunction	Soluble intercellular adhesion molecules-1 (sICAM-1), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules-1 (sVCAM-1), soluble endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule (E-selectin)
Platelet activation	Von Willebrand factor (vWf)
Coagulation pathway	Factor VII, factor IX, protein C, fibrinogen
Fibrinolysis pathway	Plasminogen, D-dimer, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1)
Blood panel
Blood lipids	Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
Red blood cells count (RBC)	Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
White blood cells count (WBC)	Monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes → absolute number and percentage of WBC
Platelets
Total hemoglobin
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)