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Table 6.

Comparison of proinflammatory indicators between the two groups.

Cytokines	Day 1	Day 1	Day 8	p
IL-6 (pg/mL)				0.923 ^§
Olive oil-based LE	47.08 ± 26.60	61.78 ± 29.13 *	61.56 ± 34.78
MCT/LCT	59.53 ± 57.58	63.87 ± 30.02	68.94 ± 53.04
TNF-α (pg/mL)				0.618 ^§
Olive oil-based LE	54.62 ± 43.50	60.53 ± 33.14	67.05 ± 40.61	0.618 ^§
TNF-α (pg/mL)				0.618 ^§
MCT/LCT	57.16 ± 41.91	71.97 ± 32.58 *	75.25 ± 62.45	0.618 ^§
CRP (mg/L)				0.704 ^§
Olive oil-based LE	8.55 ± 17.04	160.56 ± 105.86 *^,†	50.68 ± 59.60
MCT/LCT	4.20 ± 5.81	152.82 ± 88.09 *^,†	53.53 ± 73.96

Note: * day −1 vs. day 1, p < 0.05. ^† day 1 vs. day 8, p < 0.05; ^§ p value of olive oil-based LE vs. MCT/LCT change from day 1 to day 8.