Table 3.

Effect of diet on inflammatory markers.

	Red Meat	Dairy	Control
hsCRP mg/L	5.25 ± 7.95	5.03 ± 8.10	4.04 ± 6.88
TNFα pg/mL	1.40 ± 0.93	1.45 ± 1.01	1.45 ± 1.02
sTNFRII pg/mL	4.94 ± 2.76	4.68 ± 2.63	4.48 ± 2.49
Ratio TNFα/sTNFRII	0.34 ± 0.33	0.37 ± 0.32	0.38 ± 0.31

Abbreviations: hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha; sTNF-RII: Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor II. All values are mean ± SD. n = 47 paired t tests between dairy and red meat diet and between dairy and control diet all not significant (p < 0.01).