Table 5.

Laboratory Data in Patients with CS.

	# CS studies	Mean value (SD)	# control studies	Mean value	p-value
PROTHROMBOTIC FACTORS
vWF (IU/dL)	16	180.03 (64.20)	10	112.53 (20.06)	0.004
PAI-1 (IU/mL)	13	22.99 (23.94)	10	23.35 (29.65)	0.9750
Prothrombin time	10	104.49 (6.78)	5	94.49 (6.79)	0.02
aPTT (sec)	19	26.91 (2.28)	12	30.65 (2.95)	0.0004
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	16	367.85 (63.90)	12	310.43 (69.04)	0.03
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	2	15.0 (3.96)	2	11.4 (1.27)	0.35
AT-III (%)	12	109.26 (26.09)	8	88.98 (28.45)	0.12
Factor-VIII (IU/dL)	14	168.94 (23.92)	10	123.42 (72.43)	0.04
ANTITHROMBOTIC FACTORS
Protein-S Ag	11	112.25 (20.89)	7	85.74 (17.65)	0.01
Protein-C Ag	12	142.18 (8.59)	8	108.74 (13.69)	< 0.0000