Fig. 6.
Area under the curve (AUC) over the first 6 h after surgery (or peak levels in case of insufficient data per time point) for plasma levels of inflammatory markers in control fasted and enriched nutrition pretreated old rats. IL = interleukin; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor; IFABP = intestinal fatty acid-binding protein; TNF = tumor necrosis factor alpha.