. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2013 Dec 18;5(1):40–48. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2013.11.004

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)
		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
MS	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
non-MS	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.