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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Nov 7;61(3):335–343. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.010

Table 3.

Circulating Humoral Factors

Circulating Humoral Factors	LS	NS	P-value
Log C-Reactive Protein (mg^·L⁻¹)	0.27±0.53	0.15±0.51	0.53
Log Interleukin-6 (pg^·mL⁻¹)	0.13±0.25	0.08±0.32	0.59
Log Tumor Necrosis Factor α (pg^·mL⁻¹)	0.05±0.10	0.03±0.17	0.66
Angiotensin II (pg^·mL⁻¹)	4.7±2.7	3.9±2.3	0.42
Plasma Renin Activity (ng^·mL^−1·hr⁻¹)	1.48±1.2	0.84±0.54	0.36
Aldosterone (ng^·dL⁻¹)	5.7±2.6	4.1±1.6	0.32
Endothelin-1 (pg^·mL⁻¹)	6.3±1.4	5.9±1.3	0.58
Norepinephrine (pg^·mL⁻¹)	400±170	392±140	0.88
Cystatin C (mg^·L⁻¹)	0.76±0.15	0.77±0.13	0.93
Insulin (μU^·mL⁻¹)	11.4±4.7	9.3±3.9	0.19

Data are mean ± S.D. LDL, low-density lipoprotein.