The association between cigarette smoking and inflammation: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) study.

After adjusting for potential confounders, hsCRP, ICAM, P-selectin, IL-6, TNFR1, and MPO were significantly higher among current smokers at a Bonferroni adjusted p-value threshold (p<0.003), while the following biomarkers did not reach the multiple testing threshold, but were nominally significant (p<0.05): E-selectin, MMP9, and TIMP-2 ( Fig 1 ; Table B in S1 File ).

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