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Dietary and plasma concentrations of lutein + zeaxanthin of male and female hypo- and hyper-responders during the EGG and placebo (SUB) periods |
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| Dietary Lutein + Zeaxanthin |
Plasma Lutein |
Plasma Zeaxanthin |
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| (nm) |
(μg/dL) |
(μg/ml) |
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| Hyper-responders (n = 15) |
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| EGG |
4655 ± 1989a |
55.3 ± 26.3a |
14.3 ± 6.7a |
| SUB |
3429 ± 2003b |
35.3 ± 16.6c |
10.5 ± 6.4b |
| Hypo-responders (n = 27) |
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| EGG |
4857 ± 3048a |
41.5 ± 20.3b |
8.7 ± 4.0b |
| SUB |
2755 ± 1608b |
30.7 ± 14.4c |
7.8 ± 3.5c |
| Diet Effect |
P < 0.0001 |
P < 0.0001 |
P < 0.01 |
| Response Effect |
NS |
P < 0.05 |
P < 0.05 |
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1 Values are shown as the mean ± SD. Values in the same column with different superscript are significantly different as determined by repeated measures ANOVA 2 NS = non-significant | |||
Greene et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:6 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-6 |
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