Figure 4.
Circulating IL-37 levels in patients with different characteristics. IL-37 levels were determined in patients with hypertension with or without the following characteristics: (A) Male sex, (B) smoking, (C) drinking, (D) obesity, (E) T2DM, (F) HLP, (G) SAHS, (H) hypoxemia and (I) CAP. **P<0.01 vs. the without T2DM group; ***P<0.001 vs. the without smoking group; ****P<0.0001 vs. the without CAP group. ns, no significance; IL, interleukin; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; HLP, hyperlipidemia; SAHS, sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; CAP, carotid atherosclerotic plaque.