Table 4.

Relations among the five markers

	TNF-α,	WBCs,	FIB,	CRP,
	r value	r value	r value	r value
EPCs	0.7211	0.5942	0.7033	0.666
TNF-α		0.555	0.639	0.614
WBCs			0.442	0.408
FIB				0.6854

¹Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) had the closest correlation with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) (P < 0.01);

²White blood cells (WBCs) had the closest correlation with EPCs (P < 0.01);

³Fibrinogen (FIB) had the closest correlation with EPCs (P < 0.01);

⁴C-reactive protein (CRP) had the closet correlation with FIB (P < 0.01).