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Table 2 Effects of a 2-year soy trial on serum levels of inflammatory markers1

From: Inflammatory markers in a 2-year soy intervention among premenopausal women

Marker

Time (months)

Control

Intervention

P-values

  

N

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

Group

Time

Interaction

CRP (mg/L)

0

92

2.3

3.3

90

1.9

3.1

   
 

3

84

2.3

3.4

82

1.7

2.8

   
 

6

86

2.6

3.7

85

1.8

3.5

   
 

12

89

2.2

3.1

86

1.6

2.6

   
 

24

85

2.1

3.0

83

2.6

4.5

0.47

0.35

0.48

IL-6 (pg/mL)

0

93

1.4

1.5

90

1.1

0.7

   
 

3

84

1.5

1.8

82

1.1

0.5

   
 

6

88

1.3

1.0

86

1.2

1.0

   
 

12

89

1.3

1.2

86

1.1

0.6

   
 

24

85

1.3

1.2

83

1.2

0.9

0.21

0.15

0.51

Adiponectin (μg/mL)

0

93

8.1

3.7

90

7.9

4.1

   
 

3

84

8.2

3.5

82

7.8

4.3

   
 

6

89

8.4

4.0

86

8.2

4.5

   
 

12

89

8.3

4.0

85

7.6

4.0

   
 

24

85

8.4

3.9

83

7.9

3.9

0.61

0.88

0.71

Leptin (ng/mL)

0

93

19.1

15.8

90

19.4

15.0

   
 

3

84

20.0

17.3

82

19.6

15.2

   
 

6

88

20.7

16.8

86

19.6

14.9

   
 

12

89

21.1

17.1

86

19.4

14.3

   
 

24

85

21.0

18.0

83

19.2

14.9

0.43

0.03

0.20

  1. 1Obtained from mixed linear models; log-transformed values were used (except adiponectin) and back-transformed means are presented.