Table 6 of Sen, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2552-2563.


Table 6. Mean serum concentrations interleukin-6 (IL-6), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in Eales disease (ED) patients at inflammatory stage and healthy controls according to –174G/C genotype

Genotype Patients (n=41) Controls (n=223) p value
IL-6 (pg/ml)
GG 45.75 (15.47) 6.026 (2.558) < 0.0001*
GC 13.74 (3.681) 2.906 (1.383) 0.0002*
CC 10.68 (2.836) 2.344 (0.9589) 0.0022*
hsCRP (mg/l)
GG 3.172 (0.5078) 0.9723 (0.1682) < 0.0001*
GC 1.941 (0.09016) 0.9377 (0.1615) 0.0002*
CC 1.87 (0.1382) 0.8475 (0.1065) 0.0018*
VEGF (pg/ml)
GG 324.2 (63.23) 251.6 (60.66) 0.0001*
GC 294.9 (50.47) 219.9 (28.7) 0.0335*
CC 270.1 (78.81) 207.1 (45.75) 0.0397*