Table 3.
Regular diet | Western diet | |||||
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Mouthwash saline |
Mouthwash chlorhexidine |
t-test p-value |
Mouthwash saline |
Mouthwash chlorhexidine |
t-test p-value |
|
Plasma Nitrate (µM) |
31.05 ± 13.82 | 23.45 ± 9.61 | 0.2453 | 32.51 ± 6.51 | 32.88 ± 9.31 | 0.9044 |
Plasma Nitrite (µM) |
1.51 ± 0.72 | 0.40 ± 0.20 | 0.0209 | 1.29 ± 0.50 | 1.46 ± 0.49 | 0.4508 |
Urinary Nitrate (µM) |
368.5 ± 291.6 | 310.2 ± 229.1 | 0.6935 | 525.9 ± 124.9 | 488.5 ± 208.7 | 0.6160 |
Urinary Nitrite (µM) |
1.60 ± 0.55 | 2.19 ± 0.89 | 0.1513 | 3.82 ± 1.97 | 2.84 ± 0.90 | 0.1349 |
RBC Heme-NO (a.u.) |
10.56 ± 4.69 | 5.15 ± 3.10 | 0.0226 | 6.05 ± 1.90 | 4.77 ± 2.51 | 0.5688 |
Plasma and urinary concentrations of nitrate and nitrite, and heme-NO signal in blood, determined by electron paramagnetic resonance. n = 12 mice in each experimental group. Data expressed in Mean ± SD. Red blood cell (RBC), Arbitrary units (a.u.).