Table 6.

Time course of circulating plasma thrombospondin-1 levels according to serum interleukin-6 levels on postoperative day 1

Factors	Lower IL-6	Higher IL-6	P
	n = 14	n = 16
TSP-1, ng/mL
Preoperatively	2420.6 (223.0-3121.1)	893.9 (124.6-3815.0)	0.088
Postoperatively	1672.7 (42.5-2674.4)	504.8 (53.9-3580.3)	0.067
POD1	447.9 (101.7-3186.4)	246.2 (36.6-4058.3)	0.24
POD3	1432.4 (30.4-3399.2)	548.3 (53.3-3153.2)	0.026

TSP-1: Thrombospondin-1; IL-6: Interleukin-6; POD: Postoperative days.