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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Red blood cell enzymatic antioxidant activities (a) GR, (b) GPx, (c) catalase, and (d) SOD of frail adult 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 GLM-RM. ^&Significant differences between groups at each time point. ^γSignificant differences in the interaction time × group according to GLM-RM. Different letters indicate significant differences between times within each group. was considered significant. GLM-RM, general lineal model for repeated measures; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; GR, glutathione reductase; SOD, superoxide dismutase.

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