Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), HDL capacity of receiving cholesterol and status of inflammatory cytokines in patients with severe heart failure

Table 3 Inflammatory cytokines concentrations data (pg/mL) of the group of patients with class I/II and III/IV heart failure (HF)

	HF I/II (n = 25)	HF III/IV (n = 23)	p-value	p-value ^b
TNFα	4.45 ± 2.44 (1.29–9.68)	4.93 ± 3.65 (1.22–18.61)	0.733 ^a	0.546 ^c
IL-1β	1.10 ± 3.25 (0.19–16.64)	0.52 ± 0.36 (0.19–1.88)	0.611 ^a	0.280 ^c
IL-6	9.45 ± 13.04 (0.25–45.00)	13.61 ± 15.02 (0.29–60.86)	0.165 ^a	0.166 ^d
IL-8	5.30 ± 3.42 (1.41–14.86)	9.82 ± 8.35 (0.62–31.94)	*0.025* ^a	*0.027* ^c
MCP-1	140.17 ± 45.87 (67–233)	159.67 ± 58.22 (65–258)	0.206	0.220

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (min-max). TNFα tumor necrosis factor α, IL interleukin, MCP-1 monocyte chemotactic protein
^a Non-parametric Mann-Whitney U-test
^b All models were adjusted by BMI, hyperlipidemia and coronary artery disease; The analysis were performed using generalized linear models with normal distribution and identity link function
^c Generalized linear models with gamma distribution and identity link function
^d Generalized linear models with normal distribution and logarithmic link function

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