Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants according to study group

Median (1°–3° quartile)	Ma-Pi 2 (n=25)	Control (n=26)	p Value
CRP (mg/L)	3.2 (1 to 12)	2.5 (1.4 to 4.8)	0.769
TNF-α (pg/mL)	23 (0 to 36)	25 (11 to 40)	0.296
IL-6 (pg/mL)	4.3 (0 to 6.4)	3.2 (0 to 5.5)	0.231
BAP test (mmol/L)	2109 (1780 to 2456)	1997 (1721 to 2275)	0.456
IGF-1 (ng/mL)	126 (101.2 to 192.7)	96.9 (58.9 to 162.8)	0.163

Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Values are median (1°–3° quartile).

BAP test, biological antioxidant potential of plasma; CRP, C reactive protein; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.