Table 2.

serum concentrations of hs-CRP, IL-6 and TNF- α in the symbiotic and placebo groups (n=22 for all values)

Serum parameter and groups	Baseline	Week8	P-value
hs-CRP, mg/L
Synbiotic	4.94± 2.36	4.15± 1.96	0.0001
Placebo	5.00± 2.31	5.08± 2.27	0.412
IL- 6, ng/L
Synbiotic	9.19± 5.97	8.12± 5.02	0.011
Placebo	8.89± 5.18	8.86± 5.03	0.489
TNF-α, ng/L
Sybiotic	8.03± 2.73	7.36± 2.61	0.002
Placebo	8.64± 2.61	8.65± 2.57	0.956