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Table 2.

Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation

Measure	Baseline	Month 6	Change within group^*	Treatment effect^**	Time effect^**	Time × Treatment^**
hsCRP (mg/l) Treatment Group Placebo Group	2.7 ± 2.6 1.9 ± 1.7	3.5± 4.7 2.6± 2.4	p = 0.518 p = 0.059	p = 0.662	p = 0.045	p = 0.189
TNF-α (pg/ml) Treatment Group Placebo Group	7.9 ± 2.2 7.7 ± 2.2	7.8 ± 2.2 7.7 ± 2.1	p = 0.489 p = 0.966	p = 0.985	p = 0.661	p = 0.615

paired t-tests

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RM ANOVA