Clinical Study

Effects of Dietary Strawberry Supplementation on Antioxidant Biomarkers in Obese Adults with Above Optimal Serum Lipids

Table 4

Dietary micronutrient intake at baseline and 12 weeks of the study.

VariableLD-FDSLD-CHD-FDSHD-C
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Copper intake (mg/d)
 0 wk0.7 ± 0.30.6 ± 0.30.7 ± 0.20.65 ± 0.3
 12 wk0.8 ± 0.30.6 ± 0.30.6 ± 0.20.8 ± 0.3
Iron intake (mg/d)
 0 wk10 ± 812 ± 1015 ± 79 ± 7
 12 wk12 ± 813 ± 913 ± 1011 ± 9
Selenium intake (µg/d)
 0 wk37 ± 1545 ± 2230 ± 1238 ± 15
 12 wk41 ± 1347 ± 2035 ± 1040 ± 10
Zinc intake (mg/d)
 0 wk6.8 ± 4.37.3 ± 5.57.1 ± 3.38.5 ± 4.0
 12 wk7.2 ± 3.58.1 ± 4.57.8 ± 2.79.3 ± 3.5
Vitamin C intake (mg/d)
 0 wk40 ± 5.039 ± 7.635 ± 3.735 ± 3.8
 12 wk37 ± 8.934 ± 4.638 ± 5.531 ± 2.8
Vitamin E intake (mg/d)
 0 wk1.3 ± 0.21.2 ± 0.21.2 ± 0.21.4 ± 0.2
 12 wk1.5 ± 0.31.0 ± 0.11.7 ± 0.31.2 ± 0.1
Beta-carotene intake (mg/d)
 0 wk2.5 ± 0.82.1 ± 0.51.8 ± 0.62.0 ± 0.7
 12 wk1.8 ± 0.92.4 ± 0.82.1 ± 0.81.7 ± 0.5

Values are mean ± SE.
C, control; FDS, freeze-dried strawberries; HD, high dose; LD, low dose.
No significant differences were noted among any groups using the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) at baseline and 12 wk for each variable.