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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr. 2006 Jul;136(7):1904–1909. doi: 10.1093/jn/136.7.1904

TABLE 1.

Plasma albumin and total protein concentrations in VAS rats treated with rhIL-6 or PBS control1

Time, d
Treatment Baseline 3 7
Albumin, g/L PBS 40.0 ± 4.8 37.0 ± 6.3 38.7 ± 5.2
rhIL-6 18.0 ± 2.9* 17.8 ± 4.3*
Total protein, g/L PBS 54.6 ± 24.1 48.1 ± 8.2 44.3 ± 4.1
rhIL-6 52.5 ± 14.0 47.2 ± 11.1
1

Values are means ± SD, n = 4.

*

Different from PBS control, P ≤ 0.05.