Table 4. Comparison of changes in TAC, IL-6, PT, PTT, and INR between and within the 2 groups.
| Factor | Group | p value† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower oil (n = 27) | Flaxseed oil (n = 25) | ||||||
| Before | After | p value | Before | After | p value* | ||
| Weight (kg) | 81.20 ± 11.31 | 80.41 ± 11.18 | 0.001 | 79.28 ± 9.68 | 78.26 ± 9.55 | 0.002 | 0.460 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 9.22 ± 0.92 | 8.48 ± 1.06 | 0.006 | 9.37 ± 1.15 | 7.90 ± 0.52 | < 0.001 | 0.017 |
| TAC (pg/mL) | 0.24 ± 0.03 | 0.26 ± 0.05 | 0.013 | 0.23 ± 0.03 | 0.27 ± 0.03 | < 0.001 | 0.339 |
| PT (sec) | 13.44 ± 0.95 | 13.29 ± 1.05 | 0.622 | 14.27 ± 4.16 | 13.77 ± 3.99 | 0.138 | 0.552 |
| PTT (sec) | 38.58 ± 8.75 | 37.69 ± 2.13 | 0.120 | 36.65 ± 6.31 | 36.10 ± 3.59 | 0.210 | 0.840 |
| INR | 1.08 ± 0.15 | 1.05 ± 0.18 | 0.595 | 1.09 ± 0.31 | 1.00 ± 0.00 | 0.163 | 0.174 |
All values represent mean ± standard deviation.
IL-6, interleukin 6; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; INR, international normalized ratio.
*The p value was obtained from paired t-test; †p value was obtained from analysis of variance.