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Table 4 Effect of 100% wild blueberry juice compared with placebo beverage on biomarkers of inflammation, adhesion molecules, oxidative stress and nitric oxidea

From: The effects of 100% wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) juice consumption on cardiometablic biomarkers: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial in adults with increased risk for type 2 diabetes

Variable Wild blueberry juice Placebo beverage P
IL-6 (pg/ml) 0.8 ± 0.07 0.9 ± 0.07 0.203
IL-10 (pg/ml) 0.28 ± 0.02 0.28 ± 0.02 0.659
CRP (ng/ml) 2130.4 ± 52.8 2141.2 ± 53.0 0.887
TNF-α (pg/ml) 2.0 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.4 0.399
SAA (ng/ml) 10.1 ± 1.1 10.1 ± 1.1 0.771
sICAM (ng/ml) 305.8 ± 9.6 311.5 ± 9.6 0.551
sVCAM (ng/ml) 969.7 ± 255.5 910.3 ± 256.0 0.665
LDL-oxidation(U/L) 44.5 ± 1.7 44.6 ± 1.7 0.259
Total 8-isoprostanes (pg/ml) 80.1 ± 8.0 80.8 ± 8.0 0.935
Nitric oxide (μM) 4.1 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.4 0.039
  1. a n = 19, females; all values are lsmeans ± SE. Analysis of covariance appropriate for a two period, two treatment crossover study with baseline values prior to each period; interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factoralpha (TNF-α), serum amyloid A (SAA), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM), and soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM)