Table 2. Endothelial markers and BHI distributions by study group.

	Control	Hepatitis	P-value	Mean/median difference
VEGF-A [pg/ml]. mean ± SD	928.07 ± 390.03	619.71 ± 260.33	0.009*	308.4 (95% CI 83.7, 533)
ICAM-1 [ng/ml]. median (IQR)	351.10 (132.86)	535.40 (221.49)	<0.001**	−167.9 (95% CI −261.7, −89.3)
sVCAM-1 [ng/ml]. median (IQR)	804.66 (245.42)	1026.73 (647.25)	0.002**	−257.6 (95% CI −497.2, −116.4)
E-selectin [ng/ml]. mean ± SD	69.11 ± 23.30	85.36 ± 39.56	0.145*	−16.3 (95% CI −38.4, 5.9)
BHI, mean ± SD	1,10 ± 0,39	0,64 ± 0,44	0.005*	0.5 (95% CI 0.2, 0.8)

Notes.

^*Independent samples t-test

^**independent Mann-Whitney U test