Table 2.

Co-relation of inflammatory and coagulation markers with duration and daily amount of tobacco use.

	Duration of tobacco use		Daily amount
	Co-relation co-efficient	p-value	Co-relation co-efficient	p-value
TLC	−0.240	0.003	−0.092	0.265
NLR	−0.119	0.151	0.000	0.996
ESR	0.102	0.219	0.069	0.408
IL-1β	0.002	0.982	−0.009	0.914
IL-6	−0.035	0.671	0.117	0.154
TNFα	0.175	0.036	0.267	0.001
Fibrinogen	0.212	0.017	0.163	0.048
d-dimer	−0.029	0.729	−0.067	0.418

(TLC – total leucocyte count, NLR – neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate, IL – interleukin, TNF – tumor necrosis factor).

p-value < 0.05 : significant.