The Effect of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Watercress on the Levels of Protein Carbonyl, Inflammatory Markers, and Vitamin E in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of control and intervention groups.

Variable	Control	Intervention	value
Age	63.08 ± 13.9	58.86 ± 16.68	0.357
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.79 ± 4.17	25.59 ± 4.25	0.153
hs-CRP	10508.52 ± 5479.98	8953.30 ± 5588.06	0.346
PCO	22.19 ± 4.26	20.33 ± 4.40	0.153
NO metabolite	9.12 ± 5.88	12.25 ± 7.66	0.142
TNF-α (pg/mL)	15.95 (15.17, 16.66)	15.96 (15.16, 16.66)	0.785
IL-6 (pg/mL)	58.24 (55.19, 61.12)	60.10 (55.99, 73.10)	0.075
Vit E	740.00 ± 104.12	703.05 ± 73.91	0.186

Values are mean ± SD for the data with normal distribution and median (interquartile ranges) for the data not normally distributed. BMI: body mass index; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; PCO: protein carbonyl; NO metabolite: nitric oxide metabolite; Vit E: vitamin E.