| |
Control-patients (N=15) |
Obese –normotensive patients (N=20) |
Obese hypertensive patients (N=20) |
| Cytokine markers TNF-α (ng/ml) |
2.3 ± 4.7 |
7.3 ± 1.9*a |
29.3 ± 7.6*#a |
| IL-6(ng/ml) |
1.2 ± 0.2 |
5.48 ± 1*a |
17.4 ± 3*#a |
| IL-23(ng/ml) |
16 ± 3.1 |
100.6 ± 14.9*a |
40.5 ± 10.5*#a |
Values are means ± SD for control healthy, obese normotensive and hypertensive
patients groups (I and II). Values are statistically significant at aP<0.01. Values
(*) is significantly different from control group; (#) significantly different from
normotensive obese patients using one way ANOVA (SPSS program). |
