Table 3.

Plasma biomarker levels pre- and post-saturation with and without antioxidant vitamin C and E supplements.

	Divers with vitamins (n = 13)		Divers without vitamins (n = 7)
	Pre-saturation	Post-saturation	Pre-saturation	Post-saturation
CRP (mg/l)	1.50 (0.12–6.74)	0.98 (0.13–4.60)	0.55 (0.15–0.97)	1.27 (0.16–4.40)
IL-6 (ng/ml)	1.02 (0.31–3.67)	1.11 (0.23–4.46)	0.89 (0.52–1.35)	1.51 (0.20–7.07)
ICAM-1 (pg/ml)	206.77 (131.81–365.71)	220.81 (146.25–403.38)	157.38 (71.53–200.91)	164.68 (79.29–189.59)
Fibrinogen (g/l)	2.86 (2.30–3.60)	2.96 (2.30–4.20)	2.57 (1.90–3.50)	2.94 (2.30–3.40)
PAI-1 (ng/ml)	8.27 (0.58–25.80)	10.83 (2.50–47.79)	6.43 (1.76–12.48)	4.65 (1.76–9.89)

Data are shown as mean (range).