Table 4.
Comparison of circulating cytokine and tissue markers between MS and non-MS groups.
| VEGF-1 (pg/ml)
|
IL-6 (pg/ml)
|
IGF-1 (ng/ml)
|
Free IGF-1 (pg/l)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Sx | Post-Sx | Pre-Sx | Post-Sx | Pre-Sx | Post-Sx | Pre-Sx | Post-Sx | ||
| MS | Median | 2.99 | 6.55 | 3.64 | 3.19 | 143.55 | 145.23 | 457.50 | 354.17 |
| Range | 57.30 | 32.14 | 278.32 | 8.91 | 264.15 | 111.00 | 982.23 | 678.00 | |
| non-MS | Median | 2.49 | 3.95 | 3.97 | 2.29 | 117.69 | 127.42 | 592.00 | 361.17 |
| Range | 38.25 | 39.53 | 3.12 | 7.86 | 206.42 | 154.35 | 431.00 | 1037.00 | |
MS: metabolic syndrome; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; IGF-1: insulin-like growth factor-1; IGF-1R: IGF-1 receptor; Sx: surgery.