Effect of Red Orange Juice Consumption on Body Composition and Nutritional Status in Overweight/Obese Female: A Pilot Study
Table 5
Biochemical and hemodynamic parameters over 12 weeks following COJ consumption and one month later on free diet (follow-up).
Before COJ
After COJ
(95% CI)
Follow up
Systolic pressure (mmHg)
125 ± 5
131 ± 5
n.s.
6 (−15 to 16)
122 ± 4
n.s.
Diastolic Pressure (mmHg)
81 ± 2
83 ± 3
n.s.
3 (−10 to 10)
74 ± 2
0.01
FRAP (μmolFe2+/L)
832 ± 45
827 ± 42
n.s.
−5 (−93 to 116)
841 ± 61
n.s.
Uric acid (mg/dL)
4.6 ± 0.4
4.4 ± 0.4
n.s.
−0.2 (−0.9 to 1.0)
4.7 ± 0.4
n.s.
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
170 ± 14
158 ± 13
n.s.
−11 (−55 to 7)
164 ± 14
n.s.
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
104 ± 21
106 ± 16
n.s.
3 (−108 to 89)
123 ± 20
n.s.
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
66 ± 3
63 ± 2
n.s.
−3 (−15 to 4)
65 ± 2
n.s.
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
83 ± 12
74 ± 13
0.046
−9 (−30 to 12)
74 ± 13
n.s.
Vitamin A (μg/dL)
52.1 ± 8.3
49.4 ± 7.5
n.s.
−2.7 (−22.5 to 7.6)
53.0 ± 8.0
0.04
Vitamin E (mg/dL)
1.32 ± 0.16
1.28 ± 0.16
n.s.
0.08 (−0.40 to 0.33)
1.24 ± 0.16
0.007
Vitamin C (mg/dL)
1.01 ± 0.05
1.18 ± 0.08
n.s.
0.17 (−0.16 to 0.62)
1.06 ± 0.09
n.s.
AA (mg/dL)
0.59 ± 0.07
0.64 ± 0.12
n.s.
0.06 (−0.42 to 0.69)
0.52 ± 0.07
n.s
DHA (mg/dL)
0.42 ± 0.08
0.53 ± 0.07
n.s.
0.115 (−0.52 to 0.44)
0.54 ± 0.07
n.s
Data are expressed as mean ± SEM; n.s., not significant. AA: ascorbic acid; DHA: dehydroascorbic acid. : ANOVA. : differences from after to before COJ (mean values and their 95% confidence intervals).
