Table IV.

Cytokine (IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α) concentrations in the hypertensive group and the healthy controls (means ± SD).

	Hypertensive group	Healthy controls
No. of cases	300	150
IL-1 (ng/ml)	12.9±3.6a	9.5±3.0
IL-6 (ng/ml)	4.5±2.5b	5.0±2.9
TNF-α (ng/ml)	11.2±3.0a	7.91.9

^aP<0.01,

^bP>0.05.