Table I.

Inflammatory factors in patients with ICA stenosis and in the control group

Inflammatory factor	ICA stenosis group	Control group	Value of p
TNF-α [pg/ml]	14.32 ±6.08	11.78 ±5.45	0.055*
IL-6 [pg/ml]	13.65 ±14.46	5.86 ±3.04	0.001**
IL-10 [pg/ml]	3.75 ±3.55	3.18 ±2.48	0.61**
IL-1β [pg/ml]	1.64 ±0.64	1.6 ±0.45	0.62**
CMV IgG [RU/ml]	95.86 ±74.13	71.34 ±56.73	0.18**
Leukocytes [G/l]	7.16 ±2.01	6.44 ±1.35	0.18**
Monocytes [G/l]	0.6 ±0.25	0.61 ±0.19	0.56**
ESR	14.31 ±7.17	10.7 ±4.62	0.036**
Fibrinogen [g/l]	3.49 ±0.72	2.99 ±0.69	0.009*

Results presented as mean value ± SD

^*Student's t-test

^**Mann-Whitney U test