Changes in Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Fragile Adults over Fifty Years of Age and in Elderly People Exclusively Fed Enteral Nutrition

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Plasma nonenzymatic antioxidant defence system parameters (a) TAC, (b) retinol, (c) tocopherol, (d) total-CoQ₁₀, (e) reduced-CoQ₁₀, and (f) oxidized-CoQ₁₀ of frail adults and elderly patients fed exclusively by total enteral nutrition with the experimental and reference diets for 90 d and 180 d. Significant differences between groups according to a general lineal model for repeated measures. Different letters indicate significant differences between times within each group. was considered significant. TAC, total antioxidant capacity.

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