Table 4.

Correlations between Treg/Th17 and relevant cytokines and the Suzuki’s angiographic stage.

	Grade 2 (N = 15)	Grade 3 (N = 9)	P value
Treg	3.745 (2.813, 4.598)	5.420 (4.088, 7.443)	0.0068**
Th17	2.170 (1.650, 3.450)	2.450 (1.785, 3.340)	0.7526
TGF-β	31.730 (28.020, 41.470)	48.250 (30.800, 64.190)	0.0112*
IL-17	129.800 (95.800, 146.000)	121.100 (93.390, 153.900)	0.8537
Treg/Th17	1.825 (0.697, 2.222)	2.746 (1.312, 3.132)	0.0401*
IL-10	12.830 (11.900, 14.740)	13.150 (12.490, 13.760)	0.8567
IL-6	8.420 (7.450, 11.770)	8.420 (5.985, 17.350)	0.5466
IL-23	12.280 (7.770, 15.800)	9.650 (7.520, 17.560)	0.9844
TNF-α	16.740 (15.870, 18.500)	16.680 (15.720, 17.310)	0.3745
VEGF	33.450 (13.910, 63.150)	28.760 (17.940, 68.760)	0.7744
ICAM-1	38.600 (31.750, 49.650)	35.350 (26.490, 39.800)	0.1294
VCAM	187.900 (143.000, 222.000)	132.600 (99.470, 210.900)	0.1771
HMGB-1	59.000 (25.500, 106.000)	66.000 (35.000, 185.000)	0.3284

Notes: Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.