Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of study participants
Control | Strawberry | |
---|---|---|
N | 12 | 15 |
Age (years) | 45.0±3.0 | 48.0±5.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 36.4±3.0 | 39.0±2.0 |
M/F | 2/10 | 0/15 |
AST (U/L) | 26.7±3.2 | 25.7±2.0 |
ALT (U/L) | 34.8±6.9 | 30.0±3.0 |
BUN (mg/dL) | 11.3±1.1 | 13.0±1.0 |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.8±0.1 | 0.9±0.03 |
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) | 0.7±0.04 | 0.5±0.04 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.5±0.3 | 13.7±0.2 |
Anti-hypertensive | ||
medication users (%) | 24.0 | 0* |
Multivitamin users (%) | 8.0 | 53.0* |
Data were analyzed by Student t test and are shown as means ± SEM.
Significantly different between control and strawberry groups at baseline or 0 week (P<0.05).