Gum Arabic Reduces C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients without Affecting Urea or Indoxyl Sulfate Levels

Table 3

Effect of Gum Arabic dietary supplementation on mean values of various inflammatory markers in studied chronic kidney disease patients ().

Parameter	Baseline	Follow-up	value
Serum CRP (ng/mL)			0.02
Serum IL-1 (pg/mL)			0.7
Serum IL-2 (pg/mL)			0.3
Serum IL-4 (pg/mL)			0.3
Serum IL-5 (pg/mL)			0.2
Serum IL-6 (pg/mL)			0.5
Serum IL-10 (pg/mL)			0.3
Serum IL-12 (pg/mL)			0.3
Serum IL-13 (pg/mL)			0.3
Serum IFN-γ (pg/mL)			0.4
Serum TNF-α (pg/mL)			0.2
Urinary TGF-β (pg/mL)			0.4

CRP: C-reactive protein; IL: interleukin; IFN: interferon; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; TGF: transforming growth factor.
Statistically significant.