Table 3.

Mean nutritional parameter data (+SEM) from Day 1 and Day 56

			Day 1		Day 56		Day 56 ANCOVA
	Treatment	N	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Adjusted mean	SEM
Vitamin C (mg/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	5.30	0.51	6.02	1.23	6.23	0.62
	3RDA	26	6.87	1.04	6.42	1.26	6.30	0.59
	Placebo	29	6.62	0.61	5.21	0.97	5.14	0.56
Vitamin D (mg/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	25.41	2.40	30.5a	6.22	28.73*	1.51
	3RDA	26	24.27	2.19	30.1a	5.90	29.23*	1.45
	Placebo	29	20.22	2.22	21.76	4.04	23.97	1.39
Vitamin E (mg/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	11.61	0.56	12.1	2.47	12.00	0.40
	3RDA	26	11.73	0.55	12.55	2.46	12.36	0.39
	Placebo	29	11.12	0.44	11.36	2.11	11.62	0.37
CoQ10 (μg/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	562.3	46.0	586.3a	119.7	541.8	36.64
	3RDA	26	473.1	33.3	452.5	88.8	463.4	34.41
	Placebo	29	447.1	26.3	437.8	81.3	464.8	32.89
Iron (μmol/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	1010.7	75.8	951.0	194.1	954.2	75.41
	3RDA	26	1064.4	100.1	1054.9	206.9	1042.4	72.55
	Placebo	29	992.9	89.6	985.2	183.0	993.7	68.65
Zinc (μmol/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	13.16	0.52	13.65	2.79	13.66	0.31
	3RDA	26	13.13	0.28	13.34	2.62	13.35	0.30
	Placebo	29	13.26	0.22	13.23	2.46	13.22	0.28
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	1RDA + Q10	24	11.79	0.61	10.54	2.15	10.35*	0.45
	3RDA	26	11.83	0.75	9.5a	1.86	9.30*	0.43
	Placebo	29	10.76	0.41	11.36	2.11	11.71	0.41

Footnote: a = p < 0.05 from t test comparing means for measures that evinced a significant difference on one way ANOVA of data from the individual day. * = p < 0.05 from t test comparing means for measures that evinced a significant difference on one way ANCOVA of data from Day 56 using Day 1 data as covariate