Table 3 |
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| Mean serum hormones, cytokines, and fatty acids at baseline and post intervention1 | ||||||
| Baseline | Post intervention | Percent change | ||||
| From baseline | ||||||
| Variable | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S. D. | Mean | 95% CI |
| Leptin (ng/mL) | 56.1 | 26.4 | 27.2 | 20.1 | −35.5 | (−76.1, -25.5) |
| Estrone-Sulfate (nmol/L) | 5.8 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 2.8 | −9.9 | (−54.2, 34.3) |
| Estradiol (pmol/L) | 157.9 | 49.7 | 101.6 | 27.9 | −24.4 | (−65.7, 17.0) |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | −33.0 | (−83.3, 8.3) |
| Total Polyunsaturated Fats (% of total fats) | 43.9 | 6.1 | 45.5 | 2.3 | 5.3 | (−7.3, 17.9) |
| Total Saturated Fats (% of total fats) | 33.6 | 2.5 | 31.6 | 1.1 | −5.4 | (−13.1, - 2.2) |
1 post intervention measurements occurred during the 12th intervention week.
Carpenter et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:102 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-102
