Serum levels of IL-8, IL-6, TGF-β and TNF-α in the four groups including: patients with blood hypertension but not acute coronary syndrome (BH no ACS), patients with blood hypertension and acute coronary syndrome (BH plus ACS), patients with acute coronary syndrome but not blood hypertension (ACS no BH) and healthy controls (without blood hypertension and acute coronary syndrome).

<p>The fig shows that the serum levels of IL-6 were significantly decreased and TGF-β were significantly increased in the three patient groups in comparison to healthy controls. Data are displayed as mean (pg/mL) ± SE (standard error of mean).