Table 3.
Plasma levels of peptide YY, TNF-α and IL-1β of cases at visit 1, cases at visit 2 and controls. Cases are Peruvian children ages 12 to 71 months who had diarrhea at visit 1 and were healthy at visit 2. Cases are healthy age-matched children from the same peri-urban community.
| Peptide YY (pg/mL) | TNF-α (pg/mL) | IL-1β (pg/mL) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Visit 1 | 53.5a (± 30.7) | 69.8c (± 43.1) | 12.2 (± 13.1) |
| Cases Visit 2 | 38.8b (± 14.0) | 58.0d (± 54.1) | 14.3 (± 11.0) |
| Controls | 33.5 (± 16.4) | 46.8 (± 17.5) | 15.3 (± 31.0) |
1
Visit 2 was 10 days or more after visit 1.
a
Significantly different from mean peptide YY of controls (p=.0005)
b
Difference from mean peptide YY of cases at visit 1 of borderline significance (p=.06)
c
Significantly different from mean TNF-α of controls (p=.0008)
d
Significantly different from mean TNF-α of cases at visit 1 (p=.0026)