Table 4.

IL6 significance of differences between groups (p-values; Fisher’s post-hoc test). Asterisks indicate significant changes (p ≤ 0.05).

Groups		Short Day				Long Day
		C	LEP	LPS	LPS+LEP	C	LEP	LPS	LPS+LEP
Short day	C		0.000073 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000916 *	0.000203 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *
	LEP	0.000073 *		0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *
	LPS	0.000000 *	0.000000 *		0.021568 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000004 *	0.000000 *
	LPS+LEP	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.021568 *		0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *
Long day	C	0.000916 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *		0.613919	0.000000 *	0.000000 *
	LEP	0.000203 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.613919		0.000000 *	0.000000 *
	LPS	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000004 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *		0.460984
	LPS+LEP	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.000000 *	0.460984

Short day–research groups from the short-day photoperiod, Long day–research groups from the long-day photoperiod, C–control group, LEP–leptin treated group, LPS–group treated with lipopolysaccharide, LPS+LEP–group treated with lipopolysaccharide and leptin.