From: Elevated free fatty acid level is a risk factor for early postoperative hypoxemia after on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: association with endothelial activation
Hypoxemia group
Non-hypoxemia group
P value
(n = 37)
(n = 61)
IL-6 (pg/ml)
88.22 ± 69.55
72.12 ± 45.30
NS
TNF (pg/ml)
56.72 ± 35.12
67.15 ± 57.86
ET-1 (pg/ml)
10.73 ± 6.78
10.83 ± 5.67
ICAM-1 (ng/ml)
799.26 ± 198.30
652.66 ± 159.00
<0.001