Table 1. Biochemical parameters in patients with collum femoris and intertrochanteric fractures, and in heathy controls.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
	Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
Kynurenine (μmol/L)	2.7±0.8	2.3±0.8	2.6±0.7
Tryptophan (μmol/L)	25.0±8.8†	30.8±11.9**	41.5±9.2
Kynurenine/tryptophan(x103)	118.2±50.8†,‡	83.6±34.8*	63.0±18.1
Interleukin 6 (pg/mL)	51.3±33.8†	73.3±46.3†	11.7±5.4
Interleukin 1-b (pg/mL)	4.0±0.6†	4.2±0.7†	4.6±0.1
SD: Standard deviation; * p=0.048; ** p=0.003; † p=0.0001 compared to group 3; ‡ p=0.011 compared to group.