Table 3. Daily intake of fruit and carotenoids of males and females in each genotype group.
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily intake | rs6564851 (BCO1) | |||||
| (mean ±SD) of | GG | GT;TT | p | GG | GT;TT | p |
| fruit (g) | 44 ± 42 | 46 ± 46 | 0.4821 | 51 ± 41 | 14 ± 15 | 0.0079** |
| retinol (μg) | 201 ± 58 | 190 ± 86 | 0.6154 | 197 ± 47 | 167 ± 56 | 0.1519 |
| α-carotene (μg) | 349 ± 182 | 339 ± 221 | 0.8700 | 487 ± 230 | 259 ± 225 | 0.0091** |
| β-carotene (μg) | 2119 ± 1078 | 2063 ± 1318 | 0.8499 | 2948 ± 1356 | 1553 ± 1324 | 0.0076** |
| β-cryptoxanthin (μg) | 297 ± 250 | 304 ± 276 | 0.4989 | 331 ± 241 | 107 ± 99 | 0.0090** |
| β-carotene equiv. (μg) | 2449 ± 1212 | 2390 ± 1506 | 0.9028 | 3364 ± 1529 | 1746 ± 1478 | 0.0063** |
| rs2278986 (SCARB1) | ||||||
| TT | TC;CC | p | TT | TC;CC | p | |
| fruit (g) | 39 ± 40 | 62 ± 61 | 0.3350 | 34 ± 33 | 57 ± 46 | 0.1036 |
| retinol (μg) | 205 ± 72 | 211 ± 56 | 0.7351 | 190 ± 53 | 189 ± 47 | 0.9774 |
| α-carotene (μg) | 349 ± 191 | 391 ± 210 | 0.9486 | 400 ± 219 | 493 ± 287 | 0.3538 |
| β-carotene (μg) | 2118 ± 1132 | 2384 ± 1258 | 0.4923 | 2427 ± 1302 | 2963 ± 1702 | 0.3688 |
| β-cryptoxanthin (μg) | 273 ± 234 | 403 ± 367 | 0.3371 | 231 ± 196 | 365 ± 277 | 0.1334 |
| β-carotene equiv. (μg) | 2437 ± 1267 | 2788 ± 1471 | 0.5931 | 2750 ± 1461 | 3398 ± 1932 | 0.3419 |
| rs362090 (ISX) | ||||||
| AA | AG;GG | p | AA | AG;GG | p | |
| fruit (g) | 38 ± 41 | 49 ± 48 | 0.4389 | 54 ± 36 | 37 ± 40 | 0.1966 |
| retinol (μg) | 201 ± 58 | 190 ± 86 | 0.6154 | 197 ± 47 | 167 ± 56 | 0.1519 |
| α-carotene (μg) | 341 ± 163 | 373 ± 221 | 0.8036 | 500 ± 289 | 406 ± 233 | 0.3653 |
| β-carotene (μg) | 2073 ± 959 | 2261 ± 1322 | 0.7849 | 3027 ± 1671 | 2453 ± 1396 | 0.3445 |
| β-cryptoxanthin (μg) | 263 ± 244 | 332 ± 289 | 0.3909 | 349 ± 214 | 249 ± 238 | 0.2212 |
| β-carotene equiv. (μg) | 2383 ± 1062 | 2620 ± 1512 | 0.7326 | 3459 ± 1837 | 2788 ± 1594 | 0.3226 |
**: Significantly different by genotype groups, analyzed using the Student’s t-test (p < 0.01)