Table 4. Evaluation of inflammatory markers.
| IL-10 | TNF-α | IFN-γ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M±SD | p-value | M±SD | p-value | M±SD | p-value | |||
| Wang et al. 18 ; Taiwan | Basal | I | 52.5±59.70 | 0.810 | ||||
| C | 54.0±56.80 | |||||||
| After 6 m | I | 39.2±47.50 | NI | |||||
| C | 49.3±57.20 | |||||||
| Groele et al. 20 ; Poland | Basal | I | 282.1±105.92 | NI | 4.6±5.29 | NI | ||
| C | 186.6±85.92 | 3.7±4.28 | ||||||
| After 6 m | I | 202.9±80.91 | 0.470 | 1.4±1.68 | 0.594 | |||
| C | 161.9±75.65 | 4.7±5.46 | NI | |||||
| Ho et al. 22 ; Canada | Basal | I | 15.1±36.17 | 0.816 | 16.1±52.33 | 0.292 | 0.44±1.79 | 0.285 |
| C | 13.0±17.91 | 3.9±1.75 | 0.02±0.04 | |||||
| After 3 m | I | 18.0±10.88 | 0.093 | 17.7±3.95 | 0.058 | 0.44±0.01 | 0.523 | |
| C | 7.0±18.16 | 3.6±1.52 | 0.01±0.04 | |||||
M±SD: mean±standard deviation; P: statistical difference; I: intervention; C: control; m: months; n: weeks; IL-10: interleukin 10; TNF- α: tumor necrosis factor alpha; IFN-γ: interferon-gamma; NI: not informed.