. 2006 Jan 6;3:6. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-3-6

Table 5.

Dietary and plasma concentrations of lutein + zeaxanthin of male and female hypo- and hyper-responders during the EGG and placebo (SUB) periods

	Dietary Lutein + Zeaxanthin	Plasma Lutein	Plasma Zeaxanthin
(nm)	(μg/dL)	(μg/ml)
*Hyper-responders (n = 15)*
EGG	4655 ± 1989^a	55.3 ± 26.3^a	14.3 ± 6.7^a
SUB	3429 ± 2003^b	35.3 ± 16.6^c	10.5 ± 6.4^b
*Hypo-responders (n = 27)*
EGG	4857 ± 3048^a	41.5 ± 20.3^b	8.7 ± 4.0^b
SUB	2755 ± 1608^b	30.7 ± 14.4^c	7.8 ± 3.5^c
Diet Effect	P < 0.0001	P < 0.0001	P < 0.01
Response Effect	NS	P < 0.05	P < 0.05

¹Values are shown as the mean ± SD. Values in the same column with different superscript are significantly different as determined by repeated measures ANOVA

²NS = non-significant