Table 2.

Serum CRP levels in patients treated with telmisartan plus standard care and standard care alone at day 5 and day 8 after randomization. Data expressed as mg/dL.

	Standard care				Telmisartan added to standard care
	mean (mg/dL)	SD	95% CI	n	mean (mg/dL)	SD	95% CI	n	means difference (mg/dL)	Standard error of difference	P-value
day 5	6.06	6.95	7.79 to 4.35	66	3.83	5.08	5.08 to 2.59	66	2.23	1.06	0.038
day 8	6.30	8.19	8.79 to 3.81	44	2.37	3.47	3.44 to 1.30	43	3.93	1.34	0.0098