Figure 6.
Cytokine measurements in serum. An increase in IL-6 (C) was seen in recipients of prebiotic EN after the intervention period (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.195 vs 837.2, P = .0484). Recipients of the control EN had higher levels of IL-10 (D) at the post-feeding timepoint when compared to recipients of the prebiotic EN (95% CI 55.52 vs 13.51 pg/mL, P = .0023). ∗P < .05; ∗∗P < .005. GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; IFNg, interferon gamma; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.