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Table 1 Baseline data of patient and control groups before receiving colchicine

From: Colchicine ameliorates the chronic inflammatory state in patients with chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease: a pilot study

 

Control group

Patients group

Test value

P-value

Sig.

No. = 10

No. = 35

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

31.70 ± 2.98

33.77 ± 4.83

− 1.283

0.206

NS

Range

29 – 38

28 – 54

Gender

Female

5 (50.0%)

24 (68.6%)

1.171

0.279

NS

Male

5 (50.0%)

11 (31.4%)

CRP level (IU/ml)

Mean ± SD

0 ± 0

6.09 ± 4.39

− 4.343

0.0001

HS

Range

0–0

0–12

IL-6 level (ng/L)

Mean ± SD

10.50 ± 5.99

113.57 ± 37.41

− 8.612

0.0001

HS

Range

5–20

30–160

  1. SD standard deviation, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, NS non-significant, HS highly significant