Table 5.
Effects of daily consumption of one and two golden kiwifruits per day on whole blood aggregation (n = 24)
| Aggregating agent | Before | After | Diff | Change | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | (%) | ||
| (Resistance, Ohm) | (Resistance, Ohm) | (Resistance, Ohm) | ||||||
| One kiwifruit per day | ||||||||
| ADP (5.0 μM) | 13.00 | 2.7 | 11.40 | 1.95 | -1.6 | 3.3 | -12.3 | 0.03 |
| ADP (7.5 μM) | 13.04 | 2.0 | 11.88 | 2.78 | -1.2 | 3.4 | -8.9 | 0.08 |
| Collagen (1 μg/ml) | 16.00 | 2.1 | 15.60 | 2.46 | -0.4 | 3.3 | -2.5 | 0.53 |
| Collagen (2 μg/ml) | 18.75 | 2.2 | 16.18 | 1.93 | -2.6 | 2.9 | -13.7 | 0.00 |
| Two kiwifruits per day | ||||||||
| ADP (5.0 μM) | 13.04 | 3.4 | 12.17 | 3.34 | -0.9 | 4.7 | -6.7 | 0.32 |
| ADP (7.5 μM) | 12.42 | 2.7 | 11.50 | 2.29 | -0.9 | 3.5 | -7.4 | 0.07 |
| Collagen (1 μg/ml) | 15.77 | 2.4 | 15.15 | 1.59 | -0.6 | 2.8 | -3.9 | 0.35 |
| Collagen (2 μg/ml) | 17.77 | 3.4 | 17.70 | 2.15 | -0.1 | 4.0 | -0.4 | 0.93 |
SEM: standard error of the mean.