Comparison of immunological/inflammatory profiling between SBI, LI and controls.

Data are given as median value (interquartile range) of cytokines blood levels (pg/mL).P-values are reported for non-parametric ANOVA (adjusted for gender, age, vascular risk factors and co-medications considered as classes - antihypertensives, antidiabetics, statins, and anti-arrhythmic agents-). For significant overall group effect, p values of Bonferroni adjusted multiple comparisons are reported.*p†p‡pCTACK: cutaneous T-cell-attracting chemokine; HGF: hepatocyte growth factor; ICAM1: intercellular adhesion molecule-1; IL12p40: interleukin-12 p40; IL-16: interleukin-16; IL18: interleukin-18; IL2Ra: interleukin-2 receptor-alpha; IL3: interleukin-3; INFα2: interferon alpha-2; LI: patients with lacunar stroke; MCP1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MIF: macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MIG: monokine induced by gamma-interferon; SBI: patients with silent brain infarcts; SCF: stem cell factor; SCGFb: stem cell growth factor-b; SDF1a: stromal cell-derived factor-1a; TRAIL: tumor necrosis factor-α-related apoptosis-inducing ligand; VCAM1: vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.