Table 3.
Inflammatory markers before (B) and after (A) each olive oil intervention 1.
| Variable | Olive Oils | P 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOO | FVOO | FVOOT | VOO- | VOO- | FVOO- | ||
| FVOO | FVOOT | FVOOT | |||||
| CRP | B | 2.0 (0.28, 14.88) | 1.4 (0.33, 5.71) | 1.9 (0.43, 8.59) | |||
| (mg/L) | A | 1.7 (0.33, 8.62) | 2.6 (0.51, 13.02) * | 1.5 (0.28, 8.01) | 0.040 | 0.866 | 0.029 |
| IL-6 | B | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | |||
| (ng/g feces) | A | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | - | - | - |
| TNF-α | B | 28.4 (0.89, 901.86) | 28.6 (0.23, 3.4 × 103) | 49.6 (0.45, 5.4 × 103) | |||
| (ng/g feces) | A | 10.6 (0.51, 216.57) | 27.4 (0.04, 2.1 × 104) | 41.2 (0.41, 4.1 × 103) | 0.558 | 0.606 | 0.935 |
| Calprotectin | B | 64.3 ± 35.50 | 82.5 ± 52.42 | 61.9 ± 41.45 | |||
| (ng/g feces) | A | 55.8 ± 41.93 | 59.9 ± 44.67 | 50.5 ± 35.58 | 0.603 | 0.916 | 0.690 |
Values are given as adjusted means and confidence intervals, for variables with non-normally distributed data. Values are given as adjusted means ± SE for variables with normally distributed data. n = 10. 1 25 mL/day extra virgin OO containing: VOO, 80 mg/kg of phenolic compounds (PC) from OO; FVOO, 500 mg/kg of PC from olive oil; FVOOT, 250 mg/kg of PC from OO and 250 mg/kg from thyme. 2 P values for inter dietary intervention comparisons. * P ≤ 0.05 for intra dietary intervention comparisons. CRP: C-reactive protein; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor α; IL-6: interleukin 6.