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Table 3 Effects of intervention on inflammation markers according to yogurt consumption

From: Efficacy of low-fat milk and yogurt fortified with vitamin D3 on systemic inflammation in adults with abdominal obesity

 

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

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