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

Table 3 Plasma IL-8 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	18.9 ± 8.4	37.6 ± 46.1
Day 6	28.3 ± 22.4	64.6 ± 62.8
APACHE II ≤ 6	(11)	(10)
Day 1	19.4 ± 9.9	15.6 ± 9.0
Day 6	36.9 ± 45.9	24.5 ± 8.9
APACHE II > 6	(12)	(15)
Day 1	18.5 ± 7.3	48.4 ± 52.3
Day 6	31.0 ± 30.4	81.3 ± 67.9

¹D 1 represents the data obtained before TPN administration. Figures in parentheses indicate number of patients.