Soluble adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, P-selectin in children with Helicobacter pylori infection

Table 1 Age of examined children (yr)

Groups	n(g/b)1	Min.value	Max.value	Meanarithmetic	Median	SD	Lowerquartile	Upperquartile
Group I	46 (30/29)	2.0	19.0	12.2	13.0	4.6	9.0	16.0
Group II	17 (14/15)	3.0	19.0	11.0	11.0	4.2	8.0	14.0
Group III	18 (12/6)	5.0	17.0	10.7	10.0	3.6	8.0	13.0

¹g/b – girls/boys.

Table 2 Serum sP-selectin levels in serum of examined children (ng/mL), Mann–Whitney U test

Groups	n	Min. value	Max. value	Mean arithmetic	Median	Mode	SD	Lower quartile	Upper quartile
Group I	46	158	612	339.2	312	343	122.9	248	380
Group II	17	127	624	389.1	375.2	–	151.5	283	509
Group III	3	215	330	283.7	306	–	60.7	261	318

Table 3 Serum sICAM-1 levels in examined children (ng/mL), Mann–Whitney U test

Groups	n	Min. value	Max. value	Mean arithmetic	Median	Mode	SD	Lower quartile	Upper quartile
Group I	55	232	887	482.3	478	514	143.2	399	548
Group II	23	176	930	490.5	487.7	–	164.7	412	580
Group III	5	304	705	475.3	446	–	168.1	394	527

Table 4 Serum sVCAM-1 levels in examined children (ng/mL), Mann–Whitney U test

Groups	n	Min. value	Max.value	Mean arithmetic	Median	Mode	SD	Lower quartile	Upper quartile
Group I	47	612	1 921	1 032.7	1 018.0	819	267.5	819	1 183.0
Group II	23	176	930	490.5	487.7	–	164.7	412	580
Group III	5	367	523	422.1	400.2	–	59.7	398.3	421.2