Table 3.

Comparison and risk assessment of five cytokines in controls versus cases of small and large AAA.

		Mean	SD	P *	P**	Adjusted OR*** (95% C.I.)	P ***	Adjusted OR**** (95% C.I.)	P****
Ln [IL6]	Control	1.155	1.320
	Small AAA	1.002	1.076	0.142		0.79 (0.96-1.13)	0.651
	Large AAA	1.165	1.062	0.553	0.711	1.06 (0.78-1.44)	0.751	1.03 (0.82-1.30)	0.796
Ln [IFN-γ]	Control	3.284	1.885
	Small AAA	2.976	1.688	0.050		0.99 (0.86-1.13)	0.847
	Large AAA	2.999	1.894	0.265	0.933	0.92 (0.79-1.07)	0.339	1.00 (0.85-1.18)	0.972
Ln [IL10]	Control	2.893	2.453
	Small AAA	2.405	2.261	0.016		0.98 (0.89-1.07)	0.606
	Large AAA	2.394	2.453	0.036	0.976	0.91 (0.73-1.13)	0.281	1.01 (0.90-1.14)	0.862
Ln [IL17A]	Control	1.443	2.218
	Small AAA	1.364	1.843	0.649		1.03 (0.92-1.15)	0.635
	Large AAA	1.459	2.233	0.657	0.754	1.01 (0.84-1.20)	0.953	0.97 (0.84-1.12)	0.681
Ln [CRP]	Control	0.624	1.213
	Small AAA	1.121	1.064	<0.001		1.25 (1.01-1.55)	0.046
	Large AAA	1.363	1.181	<0.001	0.127	1.47 (1.00-1.77)	0.049	1.19 (0.93-1.53)	0.168

^*Univariate Student t-test comparison between control and small AAA, and control and large AAA.

^**Univariate Student t-test comparison between small AAA and large AAA.

^***Multivariate logistic regression analysis between control and small AAA, and control and large AAA, adjusted for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, use of β-blocker, statins, NSAIDs, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, age, body mass index, and lowest measured ABI.

^****Multivariate logistic regression analysis between small AAA and large AAA adjusted for above-mentioned variables,