Effects of Dietary Strawberry Supplementation on Antioxidant Biomarkers in Obese Adults with Above Optimal Serum Lipids
Table 2
Baseline characteristics and dietary trace element intake of the study participants1.
Variable
LD-FDS
LD-C
HD-FDS
HD-C
()
()
()
()
Age (years)
50 ± 10
48 ± 10
49 ± 11
48 ± 10
M/F ()
1/14
1/14
2/13
1/14
Waist (cm)
104 ± 7.6
109 ± 8.1
114 ± 12.7
107 ± 6.6
Height (cm)
165 ± 5.8
165 ± 6.7
164 ± 6.5
169 ± 7.6
Weight (kg)
95 ± 14
100 ± 12
101 ± 18
99 ± 15
BMI (kg/m2)
34.5 ± 4.4
37.0 ± 4.4
38.0 ± 7.1
35.0 ± 5.2
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)
5.5 ± 0.14
5.7 ± 0.18
5.2 ± 0.19
5.3 ± 0.25
Triglycerides (mmol/L)
1.7 ± 0.23
1.4 ± 0.17
1.9 ± 0.20
2.0 ± 0.21
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
5.2 ± 0.28
5.2 ± 0.13
5.5 ± 0.18
5.3 ± 0.23
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)
3.1 ± 0.23
3.1 ± 0.15
3.4 ± 0.18
3.2 ± 0.21
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.2 ± 0.10
1.3 ± 0.08
1.3 ± 0.10
1.2 ± 0.08
BUN (mg/dL)
14 ± 2.3
16 ± 4.5
16 ± 4.2
17 ± 5.0
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.8 ± 0.2
0.8 ± 0.2
0.8 ± 0.2
0.9 ± 0.3
AST (U/L)
29 ± 10
26 ± 7
25 ± 4
25 ± 7
ALT (U/L)
34 ± 12
34 ± 12
30 ± 11
31 ± 12
WBC ()
6.6 ± 1.2
6.7 ± 1.4
6.7 ± 1.7
7.1 ± 1.5
RBC ()
4.6 ± 0.5
4.5 ± 0.3
4.6 ± 0.6
4.8 ± 0.4
Hb (g/dL)
14 ± 1.4
14 ± 1.3
14 ± 1.4
14 ± 1.6
Multivitamin users (%)
20.0
20.0
20.0
10.0
Fruit servings (/wk)
1.2
1.0
1.2
1.0
Vegetable servings (/wk)
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.2
Values are mean ± SD. AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; C, control; FDS, freeze-dried strawberries; Hb, hemoglobin; HD, high dose; LD, low dose; RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell. No significant differences were noted among any groups using the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) at baseline for each variable.
