Table 2.

Concentrations of inflammatory, endothelial activation and prothrombogenesis biomarkers in MS and non-MS Malays and Negritos

Biomarkers	Malays (n=1177)			Negrito (n=150)
	MS (n=326)	Non-MS (n=851)	P values	MS (n=18)	Non-MS (n=132)	P values
hsCRP (mg/L)	1.88±1.16	1.26±1.13	<0.001	4.21±3.20	2.06±2.04	NS
sICAM-1 (ng/mL)	531.73±185.76	465.46±202.08	<0.001	670.06±377.27	688.84±390.97	NS
Lp(a) (g/L)	0.06±0.04	0.06±0.04	NS	0.23±0.26	0.22±0.22	NS

Data expressed as mean ±SD. p-value was significant at p<0.05, T-test was applied.

NS, not significant.