showed a trendp=0.073
However, among patients with higher inflammation (hs-CRP ≥1.50 mg/L), hs-CRP showed a trend of decrease, going from 6.58±1.16 mg/L at baseline to 4.98±0.82 mg/L at the 6-month follow-up (p=0.073), while a significant decrease from 3.39 [4.41] mg/L at baseline to 1.45 [3.16] mg/L at the 12-month follow-up (p=0.016), falling within the normal range (reference range: ≤3.00 mg/L) ( Table 3 and Figure 5 ).