Table 1. Background and cytokine of human peripheral blood.

	AAD(100)	Control(139)	P value
Male (%)	70(70)	98(70.5)	0.933
YearD)	48.3±11.97	48.8±9.98	0.718
BMI	25.3±3.71	24.2±3.45	0.017
Hypertension (%)%	44(44)	24(17.3)	<0.001
sCD40L (ng/mL)	26.8±5.52	13.4±4.00	<0.001
E-Selectin (ng/mL)	116.1±24.88	77.1±14.30	<0.001
IL-1β (pg/mL)	62.6±13.28	48.6±9.76	<0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	500.8±91.61	421.4±33.87	<0.001
MCP-1 (pg/mL)	217.9±56.22	140.8±28.07	<0.001
MMP-2 (ng/mL)	196.0±34.43	168.4±13.34	<0.001
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	469.1±77.74	326.0±30.51	<0.001
VCAM-1 (ng/mL)	516.2±86.53	396.9±57.41	<0.001
TNF-α (pg/mL)	55.6±9.04	37.1±5.43	<0.001

BMI indicates body mass index; AAD, acute aortic dissection.