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Table 4 Plasma inflammatory cytokines before and 4-h after the consumption of control, lettuce or watercress meals in healthy subjects

From: The acute effect of incorporating lettuce or watercress into a moderately high-fat meal on postprandial lipid, glycemic response, and plasma inflammatory cytokines in healthy young men: a randomized crossover trial

 

Control

Lettuce

Watercress

P values

    

Meal

Time

Meal*Time

IL-6 (pg/mL)

 0 h

52.04 ± 10.42

53.55 ± 8.31

62.11 ± 12.45

0.97

0.64

0.10

 4 h

58.03 ± 8.64

54.04 ± 8.45

48.41 ± 8.77

   

TNF-α (pg/mL)

 0 h

24.57 ± 5.35

25.57 ± 5.58

18.84 ± 3.73

0.17

0.17

0.88

 4 h

18.13 ± 3.45

21.92 ± 4.68

14.13 ± 2.28

   
  1. Values are means ± standard errors. Data were analyzed by repeated-measure ANOVA
  2. IL-6 Interleukin-6, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α