Table 5.

Plasma concentration of arachidonic acid metabolites before and 90 min after indomethacin administration

	Healthy	MetSyn
6-keto-PGF1α, pg/ml*†
Baseline	214 ± 31	372 ± 49
90 min	109 ± 48	199 ± 64
2,3-dinor TxB2, pg/ml†
Baseline	323 ± 85	476 ± 74
90 min	36 ± 8	49 ± 14

Values are mean ± SE. For 6-keto-PGF_1α, we assayed plasma from 12 healthy and 12 MetSyn adults. For 2,3-dinor TxB₂, we assayed plasma from 11 healthy and 11 MetSyn adults. 6- keto-PGF_1α, 6-keto prostaglandin F_1α; 2,3-dinor TxB₂, 2,3-dinor thromboxane B₂.

^*Main effect of group,

^†main effect of time (P < 0.05).