Table 8.

Levels of circulating inflammatory markers: at the time of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and after a period of convalescence (follow-up), n= 11

	NSTEMI	Follow-up	P-value
IL-6	110 (135)	91 (104)	0.18
MCP-1	181 (38)	197 (32)	0.07
CD40L	1209 (1735)	1630 (2082)	0.30
TNFα	4.3 (1.1)	4.7 (1.3)	0.18
PAI-1	14 506 (11 714)	16 845 (13 218)	0.65
MMP-9	116 422 (40 116)	83 266 (40 825)	0.06
MPO	8100 (6198)	32 892 (56 781)	0.16
sVCAM-1	742 (175)	827 (224)	0.19

IL-6, interleukin-6; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase-9; MPO, myeloperoxidase; sVCAM-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.

All data are in pg/mL, and are expressed as mean (±SD).