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Plasma biochemical markers and hormones |
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| Groups (n) |
Control diet (10) |
Low-zinc diet (10) |
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| Total protein (g/dL) |
5.55 ± 0.23 |
4.39 ± 0.14** |
| Albumin (g/dL) |
3.98 ± 0.20 |
3.23 ± 0.10** |
| Glucose (mg/dL) |
166 ± 13 |
169 ± 17 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
53.3 ± 4.8* |
| Phospholipid (mg/dL) |
136 ± 5 |
106 ± 7** |
| Free fatty acid (mEQ/L) |
735 ± 163 |
409 ± 31 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
57.3 ± 25.3 |
28.5 ± 4.7 |
| Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) |
11.9 ± 0.8 |
12.7 ± 0.7 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) |
0.17 ± 0.01 |
0.17 ± 0.02 |
| AST (GOT) (IU/L) |
147 ± 19 |
204 ± 30 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L) |
571 ± 188 |
263 ± 63 |
| Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) |
883 ± 40 |
497 ± 62** |
| Sodium (Na) (mEQ/L) |
139 ± 2 |
142 ± 1 |
| Chlorine (Cl) (mEQ/L) |
99.6 ± 1.9 |
100.5 ± 1.9 |
| Potassium (K) (mEQ/L) |
4.74 ± 0.30 |
3.97 ± 0.20 |
| Calcium (Ca) (mg/dL) |
9.51 ± 0.26 |
9.12 ± 0.30 |
| inorg. Phosphorus (iP) (mg/dL) |
4.50 ± 0.36 |
3.82 ± 0.25 |
| Zinc (Zn) (mg/dL) |
107.2 ± 0.8 |
61.8 ± 4.2** |
| Growth hormone (ng/mL) |
7.66 ± 1.96 |
6.57 ± 0.90 |
| Luteinizing hormone (ng/mL) |
3.07 ± 0.55 |
1.37 ± 0.14** |
| Testosterone (ng/mL) |
1.26 ± 0.16 |
0.31 ± 0.07** |
| Corticosterone (ng/mL) |
427 ± 48 |
418 ± 43 |
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Data are means ± SEM. ** and *Significantly different from that of the Control; p < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively. | ||
Ishikawa et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:12 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-12 |
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