Table 3.

Mean and median serum values of TGF-β1, TGF-β2, and TGF-β/Cr ratios

TGF-β	Acute phase (n = 39)	One week follow-up (n = 29)	p-value
TGF-β1 (ng/ml; mean ± SD)	74 ± 28	89 ± 39	0.020
TGF-β1 (ng/ml; median)	74	86	0.020
TGF-β2 (pg/ml; mean ± SD)	479 ± 146	533 ± 118	0.008
TGF-β2 (pg/ml; median)	488	534	0.008
TGF-β1/Cr (mean ± SD)	17 ± 10	37 ± 40	0.020
TGF-β1/Cr (median)	13	22	0.020
TGF-β2/Cr (mean ± SD)	110 ± 68	212 ± 197	0.008
TGF-β2/Cr (median)	88	117	0.008

Cr: creatinine