Lycium barbarum Reduces Abdominal Fat and Improves Lipid Profile and Antioxidant Status in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

Inflammatory profile of patients with metabolic syndrome, belonging to the control (C) and supplemented (S) group, before and after the use of 14 g goji berry daily.

	Groups
Variables	C ()		S ()
	Mean ± SE		Mean ± SE
	Time of intervention (days)
Inflammatory profile	Baseline	45	Baseline	45
TNF-α (pg/ml)	38.88 ± 9.71	20.85 ± 4.41	18.98 ± 3.50	16.50 ± 1.47
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	21.09 ± 2.21	21.29 ± 3.16	16.44 ± 0.79	16.14 ± 1.00
CRP	4.66 ± 0.55	3.94 ± 0.41	3.72 ± 0.44	4.04 ± 0.48

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (mean standard error).