Table III.

Adrenomedullin (ADM), endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitric oxide (NO) levels in SCA patients and controls

	HbAA			Crisis			HbSS			HbSC			HU treated			Transfusion
	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR	n	Median	IR
ADM (nmol L−1)	17	0.28	0.27–0.31	13	0.19–0.42	0.15	55	0.27	0.25–0.32	13	0.26	0.25–0.32	29	0.30	0.26–0.36	16	0.30	0.25–0.37
ET-1 (pmol L−1)	17	55.1	45.2–63.9	13	40.5	9.3–46.3	55	50.1	28.4–57.3	13	58.8	28.1–76.5	29	43.6	12.6–49.6	16	42.6	21.7–48.9
NO (µmol L−1)	14	20.6	15.6–27.9	11	19.4	11.6–22.5	50	22.6	16.9–28.2	11	30.6	20.8–39.5	27	22.2	18.3–28.4	16	19.5	13.4–21.8

IR = interquartile range.