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Table 4 Biochemical parameters at baseline and at the end of the study in both groups

From: The effects of EPA and DHA enriched fish oil on nutritional and immunological markers of treatment naïve breast cancer patients: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

 

Fish oil group (n = 18)

P a

Placebo group (n = 19)

P a

P b

Initial

Final

Initial

Final

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Biochemical

 RBC (×106/mm3)

4.7

4.5–5.1

4.7

4.5–4.9

0.254

4.7

4.4–5.2

4.7

4.4–4.9

0.493

0.941

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.0

12.8–15.2

13.7

13.0–14.70

0.069

14.0

13.1–14.9

13.8

13.0–14.4

0.623

0.426

 Hematocrit (%)

41.7

38.3–45.7

41.1

39.1–43.6

0.139

42.2

38.6–44.0

41.6

39.0–43.6

0.877

0.785

 Leucocytes (mm3)

6405

5342–7950

6910

5105–7750

0.795

5220

4150–6700

5780

5265–6590

0.653

0.521

 Platelets (×103/mm3)

281.0

215.2–307.7

259.0

220.0–291.0

0.523

246.0

193.0–282.0

241.0

212.0–278.5

0.492

0.456

 Albumin (g/dL)

4.4

4.1–4.5

4.2

4.1–4.4

0.153

4.3

4.2–4.5

4.3

4.0–4.4

0.319

0.818

 Fasting Glucose (ml/dL)

95.0

87.0–103.2

91.0

83.2–101.5

0.351

90.0

84.0–98.0

92.5

84.7–98.2

0.410

0.126

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

218.0

194.5–258.5

217.0

194.5–254.5

0.758

211.0

196.0–247.0

208.0

183.5–241.5

0.185

0.414

 HDL (mg/dL)

45.0

39.5–50.2

44.0

38.0–48.5

0.476

46.0

41.0–50.0

47.0

40.5–54.7

0.905

0.689

 LDL (mg/dL)

141.0

118.7–176.7

146.0

122.0–176.0

0.518

145.0

121.0–169.0

140.5

112.0–157.2

0.138

0.182

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)

160.0

90.7–199.5

146.0

98.0 - 191.5

0.421

125.0

75.0–165.0

105.0

80.0–146.7

0.679

0.887

  1. IQR Interquartile range, RBC Reed blood cells, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein
  2. aIntragroup differences according to Wilcoxon test
  3. bInteraction test of a two-way repeated measures ANOVA for ordinal data to verify the significance of differences between fish oil and mineral oil groups