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. 2022 Sep 18;11(9):1268. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11091268

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-γ), interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL17A, IL22 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α).

Clinical Data NVU
(N 45)
IVU
(N 56)
p
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- γ (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 β (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- α (pg/mL) (Median-Range) 3.75 × 102 (8.68 × 101–1.81 × 103) 1.59 × 103 (3.94 × 102–9.38 × 103) 0.0002