Table 2:

Baseline endothelial cell activation markers

	All patients (N = 39)	Vasoplegia (N = 15)	No vasoplegia (N = 24)	P-value*
von Willebrand Factor (nM)	45.6 (32.1–64.1)	47.5 (36.9–57.3)	43.1 (25.6–66.4)	0.77
von Willebrand Factor propeptide (nM)	10.1 (7.2–24.5)	25.3 (14.9–48.4)	8.4 (6.6–11.1)	<0.001
Osteoprotegerin (pg/ml)	36.2 (19.1–53.5)	26.3 (15.5–46.0)	38.9 (24.6–60.1)	0.09
Angiopoeitin-2 (ng/ml)	2.4 (2.1–3.1)	2.5 (2.1–3.5)	2.4 (2.1–2.8)	0.57
Interleukin-8 (pg/ml)	8.4 (3.5–13.9)	8.3 (5.6–17.0)	8.4 (2.9–13.3)	0.45
Soluble P-selectin (ng/ml)	62.7 (49.0–76.4)	76.0 (62.1–81.6)	54.0 (43.8–72.7)	0.006

Medians and IQRs are shown.

*P-values are given for the comparisons of patients with and without vasoplegia after mitral valve surgery.