Table 3.

Changes in plasma concentrations of biomarkers, by study group.

	Control group			Intervention group			Between-groups p-value
	Baseline	Final	Intragroup p-value	Baseline	Final	Intragroup p-value
BDNF (pg/ml)	260.0	149.6	0.35	20.63	207.1	0.028	0.005
Cathepsin D (pg/ml)	4,824	3,559	0.92	3,637	3,716	0.50	0.63
sICAM-1 (pg/ml)	1,899	1,546	0.23	2,145	1,546	0.043	0.41
MPO (pg/ml)	28,150	3,559	0.14	46,992	3,733	0.080	0.78
PDGF-AA (pg/ml)	143.3	83.4	0.50	23.8	157.6	0.028	0.13
RANTES (pg/ml)	837.3	1,210	0.18	202	2,850	0.18	0.03
NCAM (pg/ml)	6,387	5,731	0.87	8,152	8,198	0.75	0.43
PDGF-AB/BB (pg/ml)	576.9	399.2	0.74	16.4	336.4	0.028	0.96
sVCAM-1 (pg/ml)	2,916	2,645	0.25	2,968	3,202	0.46	0.36