Parameter

IG participants (n = 17)

UC participants (n = 19)

Baseline

4 months

6 months

9 months

Baseline

4 months

6 months

9 months

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Lipoproteins

CHOL (mmol/L⁻¹)

4.69

1.23

5.04

1.09

4.99

1.17

4.91

0.93

4.79

0.84

4.86

0.76

5.12

1.01

4.85

0.72

HDL-C (mmol/L⁻¹)

1.02

0.27

1.04

0.21

1.08

0.22

1.13

0.26

1.11

0.31

1.11

0.31

1.15

0.36

1.11

0.24

LDL-C (mmol/L⁻¹)

1.39

0.57

1.46

0.60

1.47

0.58

1.49

0.66

1.25

0.41

1.38

0.39

1.49

0.49

1.46

0.55

TRIG (mmol/L⁻¹)

3.05

1.15

3.34

1.01

3.24

1.07

3.11

0.90

3.11

0.77

3.12

0.70

3.30

0.89

3.08

0.78

Inflammatory markers

TNF-α (pg/ml⁻¹)

1.35

1.62

9.61

27.60

7.69

19.19

1.09

1.71

0.75

0.68

1.81

4.51

2.00

3.27

0.74

0.63

IL-6 (pg/ml⁻¹)

29.14

45.29

38.36

47.25

13.82

36.28

33.60

44.16

27.66

38.97

11.57

16.09

14.11

28.52

37.31

36.45

Hs-CRP (mg/L⁻¹)

3.39

2.65

2.90

2.62

3.03

2.47

2.77

2.22

2.39

1.90

2.45

2.28

2.45

2.28

2.19

1.89

Oxidative stress markers

LOOHs (mmol/L⁻¹)

1.46

0.30

1.49

0.21

1.53

0.27

1.63

0.18

1.45

0.16

1.52

0.21

1.57

0.50

1.49

0.26

γ-tocopherol (μmol/L⁻¹)

2.94^¥

1.21

3.34^¥

1.97

3.31^¥

1.87

5.64

2.39

3.99^{^}

2.18

3.39

1.99

2.66^¥

0.88

4.30

1.82

α-tocopherol (μmol/L⁻¹)

25.32^¥

12.59

32.87

15.24

33.14^†

15.66

44.50

18.07

34.34

21.39

32.03^{^}

15.18

21.52^¥

8.59

33.95

14.03

Retinol (μmol/L⁻¹)

7.95^¥

3.33

9.44

2.56

10.51

6.33

11.41^†

4.17

9.70

2.88

9.18

2.83

7.47

2.41

8.92

1.51

Lycopene (μmol/L⁻¹)

0.26^¥

0.25

0.28^¥

0.13

0.32^†¥

0.16

0.01^†

0.04

0.22

0.26

0.33^{^¥}

0.23

0.21

0.10

0.17

0.12

β-carotene(μmol/L⁻¹)

0.03

0.03

0.05

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.05

0.04

0.07

0.06

0.04

0.03

0.06

0.07

α-carotene (μmol/L⁻¹)

0.16

0.23

0.17

0.09

0.13

0.10

0.17

0.11

0.24

0.26

0.21

0.20

0.13

0.10

0.23

0.25

Ascorbyl

4.69

1.23

5.04

1.09

4.99

1.17

4.91

0.93

4.79

0.84

4.86

0.76

5.12

1.01

4.85

0.72