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Published in final edited form as: Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2013 Dec;68(4):10.1007/s11130-013-0378-5. doi: 10.1007/s11130-013-0378-5

Table 2. Characteristics of maca consumption in subjects from Junin (4100 m) in relation with levels of serum interleukin 6 (IL-6).

Interleukin 6 (pg/ml)	Time consuming maca (years)	Days consuming maca/year	Hypocotyls/day (gram)	% subjects consuming maca^c
0-1	17.8±4.48^*	41.9±4.48^a	15.9±3.08^*	80
>1-5	18.7±4.77^*	23.1±7.74	10.8±2.71^*	63
>5-10	10.0±5.00^**	9.50±6.37	8.13±4.22	38
>10	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	0.00±0.00	0

Data are mean ± standard error of the mean.

P<0.01;

^**

P<0.05 with respect to IL-6>10 pg/ml.

P<0.01 with respect to the group with IL-6 >5-10 pg/ml.

P<0.01, chi square test.