Differences between cases (n = 37) and controls (n = 19) in metabolic and inflammatory factors.

a If not indicated, we present medians for non-normally distributed continuous or ordinal variables; means as indicated by M and SD are presented for normally distributed variables. Abbreviations: Apo, apolipoprotein; CCL, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand; CXCL, Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand; EGF, epidermal growth factor; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; FLT-3L, Fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand; G-CSF, Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; LDL-C, Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol; sCD40L, soluble CD40 Ligand; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.Differences between cases (n = 37) and controls (n = 19) in metabolic and inflammatory factors.