Table 3.

Effects of intervention on inflammation markers according to yogurt consumption

	Before intervention	After intervention	p-value*	Changes	p-value*
Serum 25(OH)D (ng/mL)
Intervention	14.14 ± 5.04	20.88 ± 5.76	< 0.001	6.84	< 0.001
Control	17.34 ± 5.68	16.46 ± 3.93	0.1	0.88
hs-CRP (mg/L)
Intervention	1.25 (0.2–4.17)	1.1 (0.3–3.9)	0.005	0.15	0.8
Control	0.9 (0.05–3.2)	1.1 (0.32–4.52)	0.041	0.02
WBC (billion cells/L)
Intervention	6.56 ± 1.57	6.35 ± 1.68	0.099	0.21	0.3
Control	6.64 ± 1.5	6.57 ± 1.35	0.64	0.07
Neutrophil (percent)
Intervention	61.25 ± 6.01	55.45 ± 4.89	< 0.001	5.8	0.43
Control	58.38 ± 7.13	59.38 ± 4.63	0.29	1
Lymphocyte (percent)
Intervention	36.92 ± 6.52	34.17 ± 5.05	0.004	2.75	0.07
Control	36.18 ± 6.48	35.28 ± 4.45	0.058	0.9
Platelets (billion/L)
Intervention	273.81 ± 36.97	216.82 ± 44.23	< 0.001	56.99	0.108
Control	235.10 ± 53.07	230.44 ± 54.06	0.18	4.66
RDW (percent)
Intervention	13.18 ± 1.13	11.58 ± 1.47	< 0.001	1.6	0.39
Control	13.32 ± 0.93	13.35 ± 1.13	0.67	0.03
NLR
Intervention	1.73 ± 0.43	1.66 ± 0.33	0.3	0.07	0.14
Control	1.7 ± 0.52	1.77 ± 0.33	0.27	0.07
PLR
Intervention	7.66 ± 1.76	6.52 ± 1.8	< 0.001	1.14	0.74
Control	6.73 ± 2.08	6.79 ± 1.8	0.21	0.06
RPR
Intervention	0.056 ± 0.01	0.049 ± 0.008	< 0.001	0.07	0.101
Control	0.061 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.017	0.8	0.01

*Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and were tested by ANOVA test