Effect of a diet based on the dietary guidelines for americans on inflammation markers in women at risk for cardiometabolic disease: results of a randomized, controlled trial

Table 2 Clinical cut-off-based classification of participants, at baseline and post-intervention. Chi square tests for difference of proportions indicated no difference between groups at week 0 or 8

Cytokine parameter	Week 0		Week 0		Week 8
Cytokine parameter	All (n)	All (%)	TAD	DGA	TAD	DGA
CRP (High: > 3 mg/L) [20]
High	32	72.7	17	15	16	14
Normal	12	27.3	5	7	6	8
CRP (High: > 2 mg/L) [20]
High	36	81.8	19	17	18	15
Normal	8	18.2	3	5	4	7
CRP (High: > 1 mg/L) [20]
High	41	93.2	21	20	22	20
Normal	3	6.8	1	2	0	2
SAA (High:> 40 mg/L) [21]
High	4	9.1	2	2	1	0
Normal	40	90.9	20	20	21	22
SAA (High:> 20 mg/L) [21]
High	8	18.2	2	6	2	2
Normal	36	81.8	20	16	20	20
sICAM1 (High: >22μg/mL) [22]
High	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Normal	44	100.0	22	22	22	22
sVCAM1 (High: >1150μg/mL) [22]
High	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Normal	100	100.0	22	22	22	22
IL-1β (High: > 12 ng/L) [23]
High	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Normal	44	100.0	22	22	22	22
IL-6 (High: > 5 ng/L) [23]
High	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Normal	44	100.0	22	22	22	22
IL-8 (High: > 63 ng/L) [24]
High	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Normal	44	100.0	22	22	22	22
TNF-α (High: > 3 ng/L) [25]
High	5	11.4	0	5	2	5
Normal	39	88.6	22	17	20	17

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