Table 2

Factors Whose Levels Differed Between Plasma and Recalcified Plasma Components


Factor Levels



Factor
Plasma
Recalified Plasma
Fold Difference
p*

Factors whose levels were greater in plasma
MDC (pg/mL)
350 ± 71
271 ± 50.2
1.30 ± 0.18
0.00016
IL-16 (pg/mL)
711 ± 573
465 ± 513
2.11 ± 1.29
0.0033
IFN-α (pg/mL)
11.5 ± 11.2
4.0 ± 4.8
2.87 ± 1.13
0.0095

Factors whose levels were greater in recalcified plasma
NAP-2 (ng/mL)
183.8 ± 321.1
263.9 ± 305.9
1.92 ± 0.59
0.00033

*p values were calculated using paired Student's T tests and natural log transformed data.

Values are mean ± one standard deviation.

Ayache et al. Journal of Translational Medicine 2006 4:40   doi:10.1186/1479-5876-4-40