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. 2023 Oct 5;67:102918. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102918

Table 3.

The effect of 14-weeks of KDPWHE, WHEY, or CON treatment in adults with type-2 diabetes mellitus on mechanistic parameters relating to skeletal-muscle tissue and erythrocyte redox environment, and muscle endogenous antioxidant enzyme content and mitochondrial enzyme plasticity.

Parameter, state Within-Group Baseline-Adjusted Changea
Baseline-Adjusted Treatment-Group Contrast Effect Size Statistics3
Treatment (n) Week 15-0 Change in % (90%CL)b Treatment Contrast Estimate % (90%CL)b Standardized difference (90%CL)3,4 Magnitude4
Skeletal muscle (V. Lateralis)
[GSH], basal CON (6) 8.3 (-10.1, 30) WHEY-CON -28 (-96, 1143) -1.3 (-12.2, 9.7) Unclear
WHEY (6) -21, (-49, 21) KDPWHE-CON 6.1 (-55, 151) 0.23 (-3.1 3.5) Unclear
KDPWHE (5) -30 (-52, 2.3) KDPWHE-WHEY 47 (-81, 1044) 1.5 (-6.4, 9.4) Unclear
oxiPRX2, basal CON (11) -0.5 (-12, 10.9) WHEY-CON -5.2 (-23, 12) -0.57 (-2.8, 1.3) Unclear
WHEY (11) -5.7 (-20, 8.4) KDPWHE-CON 19 (2.2, 35) 1.8 (0.24, 3.2) Small to very large
KDPWHE (11) 18.1 (6.4, 30) KDPWHE-WHEY 24 (6.1, 41) 2.3 (0.64, 3.7) Moderate to very large
oxiPRX2, insulin stimulated CON (12) -10.5 (-23, 1.6) WHEY-CON 22 (4.2, 39) 1.4 (0.29, 2.3) Small to very large
WHEY (11) -8.9 (-20, 1.9) KDPWHE-CON 4.0 (-16, 24) 0.28 (-1.2, 1.5) Unclear
KDPWHE (10) -2.3 (-7.8, 3.2) KDPWHE-WHEY -18 (-38, 2.9) -1.4 (-3.4, 0.20) Slight to very large
oxiPRX3, basal CON (12) -3.1 (-12, 5.8) WHEY-CON -2.3 (-17, 13) -0.20 (-1.6, 1.0) Unclear
WHEY (10) -5.4 (-18, 7.1) KDPWHE-CON 0.9 (-12, 14) 0.08 (-1.1, 1.1) Unclear
KDPWHE (10) -2.2 (-11.3, 6.9) KDPWHE-WHEY 3.2 (-12, 18) 0.27 (-1.1, 1.5) Unclear
oxiPRX3, insulin stimulated CON (12) -10.5 (-23, 1.6) WHEY-CON -1.7 (-15, 18) 0.10 (-0.91, 0.95) Unclear
WHEY (10) -8.9 (-20, 1.9) KDPWHE-CON 6.0 (-7.6, 19) 0.33 (-0.46, 1.0) Unclear
KDPWHE (10) -4.6 (-11.4, 2.2) KDPWHE-WHEY 4.3 (-8.0, 17) 0.40 (-0.49, 0.89) Unclear
[NRF2], basal CON (12) 1.5 (-41, 44) WHEY-CON -10.6 (-65, 44) -0.18 (-1.66, 0.58) Unclear
WHEY (9) 5.0 (-28, 38) KDPWHE-CON -20 (-73, 34) -0.35 (-2.11, 0.47) Unclear
KDPWHE (10) 3.7 (-53, 60) KDPWHE-WHEY -30 (-91, 31 -0.57 (-3.87, 0.43) Unclear
[NRF2], insulin stimulated CON (12) 1.5 (-41, 44) WHEY-CON 3.5 (-51, 58) 0.05 (-1.11, 0.72) Unclear
WHEY (10) 5.0 (-28, 38) KDPWHE-CON -1.3 (-67, 65) -0.02 (-1.75, 0.78) Unclear
KDPWHE (10) 3.7 (-53, 61) KDPWHE-WHEY 2.2 (-69, 73) 0.03 (-1.84, 0.87) Unclear
[GPx1], basal CON (9) 20 (-8.7, 57) WHEY-CON -5.0 (-37, 44) -0.09 (-0.85, 0.66) Unclear
WHEY (7) 14 (-17, 56) KDPWHE-CON -38 (-59, -6.7) -0.87 (-1.62, -0.13) Slight to large
KDPWHE (8) -26 (-45, 0.8) KDPWHE-WHEY -35 (-58, 1.2) -0.78 (-1.58, 0.02) Slight to large
[GPx1], insulin stimulated CON (9) 1.3 (-20, 29) WHEY-CON 42 (-1.7, 106) 0.81 (-0.04, 1.67) Slight to large
WHEY (7) 44 (8.8, 91) KDPWHE-CON 39 (-4.5, 101) 0.76 (-0.11, 1.62) Slight to large
KDPWHE (8) 41 (5.6, 87) KDPWHE-WHEY -2.5 (-35, 46) -0.06 (-0.99, 0.87) Unclear
[SOD1], basal CON (9) 4.5 (-13, 26) WHEY-CON -12 (-34, 17) -0.17 (-0.54, 0.20) Slight to small
WHEY (7) -8.4 (-26, 14) KDPWHE-CON -10.6 (-32, 18) -0.14 (-0.50, 0.21) Unclear
KDPWHE (8) -6.5 (-24, 14) KDPWHE-WHEY 2.1 (-234, 37) 0.03 (-0.35, 0.41) Unclear
[SOD1], insulin stimulated CON (9) -6.9 (-21, 9.3) WHEY-CON 21 (-5.3, 55) 0.72 (-0.21, 1.65) Slight to large
WHEY (7) 13 (-6.4, 36) KDPWHE-CON 26 (-0.3, 60) 0.88 (-0.01, 1.78) Slight to large
KDPWHE (8) 18 (-1.2, 40) KDPWHE-WHEY -12 (-34, 17) 0.16 (-0.81, 1.12) Unclear
NF-κB, basalc CON (9) 8.9 (-17, 43) WHEY-CON -37 (-65, 14) -0.93 (-2.1, 0.26) Unclear
WHEY (10) -32 (-61, 19) KDPWHE-CON -10.9 (-34, 20) -0.23 (-0.83, 0.37) Unclear
KDPWHE (9) -3.0 (-17, 14) KDPWHE-WHEY 42 (-20, 148) 0.69 (-0.43, 1.8) Unclear
NF-κB insulin stimulatedc CON (8) -9.3 (-47, 55) WHEY-CON -24 (-57, 34) -0.72 (-2.2, 0.77) Unclear
WHEY (7) -31 (-50, 4.5) KDPWHE-CON 10.4 (-37, 93) 0.26 (-1.2, 1.7) Unclear
KDPWHE (9) 0.2 (-20, 25) KDPWHE-WHEY 46 (3.4, 105) 0.98 (0.09, 1.9) Moderate to large
CS activity, basal CON (12) 43 (11.4, 82) WHEY-CON 32 (-3.7, 67) 0.50 (-0.07, 0.93) Slight to moderate
WHEY (11) 95 (48, 158) KDPWHE-CON -2.2 (-36, 31) -0.04 (-0.80, 0.49) Unclear
KDPWHE (11) 39 (8.2, 80) KDPWHE-WHEY -34 (-69, 1.9) -0.74 (-2.1, 0.03) Slight to large
COXIV activity, basal CON (12) 46 (1.2, 19) WHEY-CON 2.1 (-31, 35) 0.05 (-0.87, 0.71) Unclear
WHEY (11) 49 (1.3, 136) KDPWHE-CON -19 (-44, 6.6) -0.49 (-1.4, 0.15) Slight to large
KDPWHE (11) 21 (1.2, 1.8) KDPWHE-WHEY -21 (-52, 10.5) -0.55 (-1.8, 0.24) Unclear
Erythrocytes
[GSH], basal CON (12) 5.6 (-2.3, 14) WHEY-CON -4.0 (-17, 9.4) -0.23 (-1.1, 0.52) Unclear
WHEY (12) 1.6 (-10, 13) KDPWHE-CON -3.3 (-17, 10.3) -0.20 (-1.07, 0.57) Unclear
KDPWHE (11) 2.3 (-9.7, 14) KDPWHE-WHEY 0.6 (-15, 16) 0.04 (-0.94, 0.87) Unclear
oxiPRX2, basal CON (12) 0.6 (-1.3, 2.4) WHEY-CON 1 (-3, 4) 0.20 (-0.76, 1.15) Unclear
WHEY (12) 1.3 (-1.7, 4.2) KDPWHE-CON -1 (-4, 1) -0.33 (-1.07, 0.41) Unclear
KDPWHE (11) -0.6 (-2.5, 1.3) KDPWHE-WHEY -2 (-5, 2) -0.49 (-1.52, 0.44) Unclear
a

Refer to Fig. 2 for plots of raw unit point data and distribution statistics, SM Data 1 for detailed statistics, raw measurement units, raw unit point and change-score mean and SD.

b

-4Refer Table 2 footer.

c

NF-κB DNA binding is of p50 and p65 combined subunits.CON, non-protein isocaloric control; KDPWHE, keratin-derived protein with whey protein blend; WHEY, whey protein isolate. Insulin stimulated is the insulin minus baseline score difference.