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. 2023 Mar 21;55:244–250. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.03.013

Table 3.

Inflammatory biomarkers across tertiles of dietary zinc and vitamin C intake.

	Tertiles of zinc intake				Tertiles of vitamin C intake
	T1 n = 83	T2 n = 84	T3 n = 83	P^a	T1 (n = 83)	T2 (n = 84	T3 (n = 83)	P^a
CRP (mg/L)	25.8 ± 2.1	19.6 ± 2.2	13.6 ± 2.2	<0.01	31.5 ± 2.1	17.2 ± 2.0	10.3 ± 2.0	<0.001
ESR (mm/hr)	29.3 ± 2.4	29.6 ± 2.4	15.9 ± 2.4	<0.001	35.6 ± 2.4	23.6 ± 2.3	15.6 ± 2.3	<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SE.

^a

Values were adjusted for age, sex, BMI, and physical activity using ANCOVA.