Table 3.
Endogenous DNA damage and DNA repair activity in lymphocytes, before and after kiwifruit intervention; Arbitrary units (n = 24)
| Fruits | Before | After | Diff | Differ (%) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | ||||
| FPG-sensitive sites | 1 | 196.38 | 73.7 | 130.33 | 85.3 | -66.05 | 112.7 | -34 | 0.01 |
| 2 | 188.58 | 61.5 | 148.26 | 106.7 | -40.32 | 123.2 | -21 | 0.12 | |
| Endonuclease III-sensitive sites1 | 1 | 139.42 | 71.1 | 104.00 | 59.8 | -35.42 | 92.9 | -25 | 0.20 |
| 2 | 138.17 | 41.2 | 92.25 | 62.1 | -45.92 | 74.5 | -33 | 0.04 | |
| Resistance towards H2O2 oxidation | 1 | 283.08 | 43.9 | 189.25 | 117.2 | -93.83 | 125.2 | -33 | 0.00 |
| 2 | 278.00 | 51.6 | 191.52 | 124.5 | -86.48 | 134.8 | -31 | 0.00 | |
| Base exision repair (BER) | 1 | 48.43 | 16.3 | 46.61 | 14.5 | -1.82 | 21.8 | -4 | 0.69 |
| 2 | 52.54 | 13.8 | 49.11 | 15.1 | -3.43 | 20.5 | -7 | 0.43 | |
| Nucleotide excision repair (NER)2 | 1 | 39.38 | 21.3 | 38.13 | 23.9 | -1.25 | 32.0 | -3 | 0.85 |
| 2 | 37.71 | 18.8 | 35.50 | 23.3 | -2.21 | 29.9 | -6 | 0.72 | |
SEM: standard error of the mean. 1Based on samples exclusively from the second intervention period (n = 12). 2n = 23.