Table 4.
Correlation Between Change of Beta-Carotene and Change of CRP and Other Measures by Treatment Group.
| Change of measures from baseline | LIFE diet group (n = 7) |
Smoothie group (n = 9) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of subjects included for correlation analysis | Spearman correlation coefficient (P value) | # of subjects included for correlation analysis | Spearman correlation coefficient (P value) | |
| Change of CRP | 7 | −0.21 (.65) | 9 | −0.35 (.36) |
| Change of HbA1C | 6 | 0.50 (.31) | 0 | NA |
| Change of CO2 | 7 | −0.11 (.82) | 9 | 0.21 (.58) |
| Change of UpH | 7 | −0.13 (.79) | 7 | −0.07 (.88) |
| Change of GFR | 7 | 0.11 (.82) | 8 | 0.18 (.67) |
| Change of BUN | 7 | −0.05 (.91) | 9 | 0.60 (.09) |
| Change of Cr | 7 | −0.11 (.82) | 9 | −0.19 (.62) |
| Change of BUN-Cr ratio | 7 | 0.00 (1.00) | 9 | 0.69 (.04) |
| Change of ferritin | 5 | 0.50 (.39) | 8 | 0.05 (.91) |
| Change WBC | 7 | 0.20 (.67) | 9 | 0.45 (.22) |
Abbreviations: LIFE, Low Inflammatory Foods Everyday diet; CRP, C-reactive protein; UpH, urinary pH; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CR, creatinine; WBC, white blood cell.