Glutamine-supplemented total parenteral nutrition attenuates plasma interleukin-6 in surgical patients with lower disease severity

Table 2 Plasma IL-6 concentrations on d 1 postoperatively and on d 6 after TPN administration

	Conv (pg/mL)	Ala-Gln (pg/mL)
All patients	(23)	(25)
Day 11	38.8 ± 31.5	52.5 ± 48.7
Day 6	12.4 ± 12.1a	7.9 ± 5.9 a
APACHE II ≤ 6	(11)	(10)
Day 1	31.2 ± 21.8	37.1 ± 35.4
Day 6	11.9 ± 10.5 a	3.2 ± 1.9 a,b
APACHE II > 6	(12)	(15)
Day 1	45.1 ± 41.7	59.8 ± 53.4
Day 6	12.9 ± 14.8 a	16.1 ± 17.2 a

¹D 1 represents the data obtained after TPN administration. Figures in parentheses indicate number of patients. aP<0.05 vs d 1 after Surgery. bP = 0.029 from Conv group D 6 in APACHE II ≤ 6.