Table III.

Inflammatory factors and atherosclerotic plaque morphology

Inflammatory factor	Stable plaque	Unstable plaque	Value of p
TNF-α [pg/ml]	12.08 ±5.34	16.06 ±6.12	0.008*
IL-6 [pg/ml]	11.03 ±13.62	15.63 ±14.94	0.049**
IL-10 [pg/ml]	3.99 ±4.6	3.58 ±2.55	0.52**
IL-1β [pg/ml]	1.7 ±0.88	1.6 ±0.39	0.56**
Procalcitonin [ng/ml]	0.22 ±0.29	0.27 ±0.46	0.92**
CMV IgG [RU/ml]	107.02 ±86.83	87.41 ±62.81	0.67**
Leukocytes [G/l]	6.17 ±1.24	7.92 ±2.16	0.0002**
Monocytes [G/l]	0.49 ±0.16	0.68 ±0.28	0.006**
ESR	12.46 ±6.3	15.7 ±7.54	0.079**
Fibrinogen [g/l]	3.24 ±0.73	3.68 ±0.75	0.012*

Results presented as mean value ± SD

^*Student's t-test

^**Mann-Whitney U test