Table 5

Effects of daily consumption of one and two golden kiwifruits per day on whole blood aggregation (n = 24)

Aggregating agent

Before

After

Diff

Change

p

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

(%)

(Resistance, Ohm)

(Resistance, Ohm)

(Resistance, Ohm)

One kiwifruit per day

ADP (5.0 μM)

13.00

2.7

11.40

1.95

-1.6

3.3

-12.3

0.03

ADP (7.5 μM)

13.04

2.0

11.88

2.78

-1.2

3.4

-8.9

0.08

Collagen (1 μg/ml)

16.00

2.1

15.60

2.46

-0.4

3.3

-2.5

0.53

Collagen (2 μg/ml)

18.75

2.2

16.18

1.93

-2.6

2.9

-13.7

0.00

Two kiwifruits per day

ADP (5.0 μM)

13.04

3.4

12.17

3.34

-0.9

4.7

-6.7

0.32

ADP (7.5 μM)

12.42

2.7

11.50

2.29

-0.9

3.5

-7.4

0.07

Collagen (1 μg/ml)

15.77

2.4

15.15

1.59

-0.6

2.8

-3.9

0.35

Collagen (2 μg/ml)

17.77

3.4

17.70

2.15

-0.1

4.0

-0.4

0.93

SEM: standard error of the mean.

Brevik et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:54   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-54