Table 3. Circulating cardiovascular risk markers in adult CAH patients and healthy, matched controls.

	CAH patients (n = 27)	Controls (n = 27)	P-value
IL-18 (pg/mL)	57±24	53±26	0.56
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.31±1.50	1.37±1.26	0.89
Adiponectin(ug/mL)	4.17±3.03	2.93±1.33	0.06
Leptin (ng/mL)	24±20 (n = 26)	24±18	0.92
hsCRP (mg/L) *	1.06±1.49	1.79±1.83	0.03
uPA (ng/mL)	0.99±0.52	0.92±0.54	0.63
PAI-1 (ng/mL)	55±29	51±19	0.51
tPA (ng/mL)	4.86±2.13	6.01±3.74	0.17
tPA-PAI-1 complex (ng/mL)	6.95±3.67	9.11±5.52	0.10
PAI-1/tPA ratio	12.53±7.72	10.19±4.23	0.17

Mean values±1 SD are given.

*As hsCRP values were not distributed normally, we have calculated log(CRP) values.