Table 3.

Systemic levels of inflammatory markers in sham or RAS pigs with or without ObM (n = 7 each)

	Sham		RAS		P Value for Two-Way ANOVA
	Lean	ObM	Lean	ObM	Diet	RAS	DietxRAS
MCP-1, ng/ml	0.09 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.02	0.2 ± 0.07*	0.2 ± 0.04*†	0.94	0.006	0.92
TNF-α, ng/ml	0.03 ± 0.08	0.06 ± 0.00	0.16 ± 0.05*	0.11 ± 0.03*	0.60	0.009	0.16
sE-selectin, ng/ml	6.7 ± 3.7	4.8 ± 4.8	15.4 ± 7.1	36.8 ± 10.8*†	0.21	0.007	0.10
IFN-γ, ng/ml	0.14 ± 0.00	0.15 ± 0.02	0.55 ± 0.14*	0.40 ± 0.11*†	0.45	0.001	0.35
IL-17, pg/ml	18.81 ± 1.80	26.82 ± 7.47	41.49 ± 27.76	66.50 ± 36.91	0.48	0.18	0.71
IL-10, pg/ml	8.12 ± 2.81	6.00 ± 1.34	4.85 ± 1.60	3.71 ± 0.92	0.36	0.14	0.78

Values are means ± SE. MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; sE-selectin, soluble E-selectin.

^*P ≤ 0.05 vs. Lean-sham.

^†P ≤ 0.05 vs. ObM-sham.