Table 2: – Cytokine serum levels in subjects with LDL-C => 130 and LDL-C<130.

LDL-C<130 LDL-C >= 130
Mean ± SD Median (Range) Mean ± SD Median (Range) p-value‡
IL-17A 4.72 ± 5.99 1.97 (0 to 28.48) 1.43 ± 3 0.31 (0 to 12.94) 0.016
IL-23 8.946 ± 33.462 0 (0 to 238.953) 2.167 ± 4.757 0 (0 to 17.67) 0.526
TGF-β 105.347 ± 156.143 66.175 (0 to 934.014) 82.271 ± 101.133 54.355 (0 to 409.427) 0.669

‡ Based on Mann-Whitney test.