Table 3.

Comparisons of serum TNF-α, IL-6, and 8-isoprostane F2α concentrations in the study groups.

	Control	Non-CAS	CAS
TNF-α (pg/mL)	34.83 ± 10.46	83.67 ± 23.626*	79.4 ± 21.57*
IL-6 (pg/mL)	42.18 ± 13.47	128.36 ± 33.24*	119.56 ± 25.62*
hs-CRP (mg/L)	1.58 ± 0.79	7.54 ± 6.51*	8.21 ± 7.63*
8-isoprostane F2α (pg/mL)	17.32 ± 7.47	25.56 ± 27.48*	68.77 ± 45.96**

*P < 0.05, non-CAS versus control and CAS versus control; **P < 0.01, non-CAS versus CAS.