Table 1.
Body mass index (BMI), hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) cut-off was set at >15.0 μmol/L; high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) cut-off was set at <1.0 mg/L. Interferon-gamma (IFN-), interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL17A, IL22 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α).
Clinical Data | NVU (N 45) |
IVU (N 56) |
p |
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Sex (Male/Female) (%) | 38/62 | 42/58 | 0.79 |
Age (Years) (Median-Range) | 81 (41–97) | 76.5 (28–97) | 0.35 |
BMI (Kg/m2) (Median-Range) | 26.7 (21.0–40.2) | 25.2 (20.2–42.5) | 0.78 |
Diabetic (%) | N = 6 (13.3) | N = 11 (20.4) | 0.46 |
Duration of ulcer (months) (Median-Range) | 6.8 (3–48) | 4 (3–48) | 0.72 |
Size of ulcer (cm2) (Median-Range) | 8.6 (1.5–53) | 28 (3–140) | <0.0001 |
Depth of ulcer (% Grade 3) | N = 2 (4.4) | N = 17 (30.3) | 0.0008 |
HHcy (% of positive subjects) | N = 7 (15.6) | N = 33 (58.9) | <0.0001 |
CRP (% of positive subjects) | N = 28 (62.2) | N = 38 (67.9) | 0.58 |
IFN- (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 1.44 × 101 (1.11 × 100–3.76 × 102) | 1.78 × 100 (1.02 × 100–8.21 × 101) | 0.03 |
IL-1 (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 7.49 × 104 (3.73 × 103–6.99 × 105) | 7.53 × 104 (3.95 × 104–4.93 × 105) | 0.80 |
IL-6 (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 1.84 × 104 (4.71 × 102–8.28 × 104) | 1.75 × 105 (6.94 × 104–3.31 × 105) | 0.0003 |
IL-8 (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 8.21 × 104 (2.07 × 104–8.94 × 105) | 1.30 × 105 (3.89 × 104–1.86 × 106) | 0.23 |
IL-10 (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 7.36 × 101 (4.61 × 100–3.12 × 102) | 1.42 × 102 (6.26 × 101–6.02 × 102) | 0.02 |
IL-17A (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 6.46 × 101 (2.38 × 100–2.01 × 102) | 9.50 × 103 (5.49 × 101–7.84 × 103) | <0.0001 |
IL-22 (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 2.72 × 102 (1.05 × 100–8.34 × 102) | 2.47 × 102 (1.03 × 100–1.67 × 104) | 0.14 |
TNF- (pg/mL) (Median-Range) | 3.75 × 102 (8.68 × 101–1.81 × 103) | 1.59 × 103 (3.94 × 102–9.38 × 103) | 0.0002 |