Table 4.

The mean difference of cytokines, acute phase serum proteins and antioxidants concentrations between day 1, 5 and 7

Parameters	Group A		Group B
	Mean difference (SEM)	p-value	Mean difference (SEM)	p-value
IL-6 (pg/mL)
Day 1–5	48.49 (10.68)	<0.001*	10.68 (17.78)	0.556
Day 5–7	0.22 (14.29)	0.988	27.19 (20.48)	0.214
Day 1–7	46.73 (19.29)	0.034*	12.55 (34.14)	0.722
Total Glutathione (μmol/L)
Day 1–5	63.58 (29.98)	0.049*	3.16 (18.33)	0.865
Day 5–7	24.29 (21.05)	0.269	14.08 (22.13)	0.538
Day 1–7	83.41 (39.27)	0.053	2.56 (30.00)	0.934
CRP (mg/dL)
Day 1–5	1.1 (2.81)	0.701	2.39 (3.18)	0.467
Day 5–7	1.74 (1.43)	0.240	2.06 (1.74)	0.257
Day 1–7	2.47 (2.98)	0.420	1.81 (3.26)	0.590
Albumin (g/L)
Day 1–5	1.61 (1.71)	0.359	0.78 (1.30)	0.558
Day 5–7	1.06 (1.11)	0.355	0.56 (1.19)	0.645
Day 1–7	2.67 (2.03)	0.207	1.33 (1.52)	0.391
Total protein (g/L)
Day 1–5	5.33 (2.93)	0.087	1.39 (2.20)	0.537
Day 5–7	3.39 (2.05)	0.117	2.00 (1.82)	0.286
Day 1–7	8.72 (3.26)	0.016*	3.39 (2.25)	0.151

*p-value <0.05