Table 5 |
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Changes in plasma micronutrient status following 6 wk intervention with daily walnut consumption1 |
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Walnut intervention dose |
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21 g/d |
42 g/d |
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Micronutrient |
% Change from baseline |
P (within group) |
% Change from baseline |
P (within group) |
P (between group) |
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Total carotenoids |
-2.9 ± 12.7 |
0.308 |
5.2 ± 16.9 |
0.175 |
0.110 |
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α-tocopherol |
-5.8 ± 22.6 |
0.25 |
4.6 ± 17.1 |
0.229 |
0.099 |
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γ-tocopherol |
-5.9 ± 25.7 |
0.303 |
-2.0 ± 29.4 |
0.762 |
0.651 |
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α-tocopherol:PUFA |
-7.2 ± 22.3 |
0.157 |
5.4 ± 26.1 |
0.356 |
0.128 |
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γ-tocopherol:PUFA |
-7.8 ± 24.0 |
0.152 |
0.2 ± 39.4 |
0.985 |
0.451 |
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Vitamin C |
13.0 ± 67.1 |
0.386 |
10.6 ± 51.9 |
0.363 |
0.892 |
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Folate |
2.3 ± 29.6 |
0.752 |
3.6 ± 27.0 |
0.555 |
0.877 |
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Vitamin B6 (PLP) |
19.0 ± 63.6 |
0.186 |
16.2 ± 34.7 |
0.045 |
0.859 |
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Magnesium |
1.2 ± 8.2 |
0.517 |
2.5 ± 6.1 |
0.086 |
0.559 |
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1Values are means ± SD |
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McKay et al. Nutrition Journal 2010 9:21 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-21 |
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