Table 3.
Biochemical and oxidative stress measurements of chronic hepatitis C patients before and after supplementation of orange juice.
| Orange juice (n = 23) |
Control (n = 20) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Baseline | After | Baseline | After |
| Total cholesterol (mg dl–1) | 142 ± 24b | 122 ± 24a | 136 ± 29a | 134 ± 29a |
| LDL-C (mg dl–1) | 74 ± 23a | 61 ± 24b | 79 ± 24a | 79 ± 23a |
| HDL-C (mg dl–1) | 41 ± 11 | 36 ± 10 | 32 ± 7 | 32 ± 7 |
| Triglycerides (mg dl–1) | 121 ± 51 | 111 ± 30 | 129 ± 56 | 118 ± 55 |
| Glucose (mg dl–1) | 94 ± 17 | 93 ± 12 | 96 ± 13 | 95 ± 14 |
| Insulin (mg dl–1) | 8.4 ± 5.0 | 8.1 ± 5.5 | 12.7 ± 6.0 | 12.4 ± 6.2 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.1 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 1.7 | 3.1 ± 1.9 | 2.9 ± 1.8 |
| ALT (U l–1) | 66 ± 37 | 57 ± 31 | 69 ± 51 | 70 ± 51 |
| AST (U l–1) | 68 ± 33 | 58 ± 31 | 74 ± 43 | 72 ± 46 |
| ALP (U l–1) | 78 ± 27 | 70 ± 26 | 66 ± 18 | 64 ± 16 |
| γ-GT (U l–1) | 71 ± 57 | 65 ± 52 | 77 ± 65 | 76 ± 66 |
| CRP (mg l–1) | 2.59 ± 1.64b | 0.44 ± 0.61a | 0.68 ± 0.61a | 0.44 ± 0.35a |
| ABTS (mM) | 1.60 ± 0.04a | 1.64 ± 0.03b | 1.70 ± 0.02d | 1.68 ± 0.02c |
| TBARS (µM) | 2.72 ± 1.43b | 1.51 ± 0.68a | 3.14 ± 1.01bc | 3.65 ± 1.67c |
ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CRP, C-reactive protein; γ -GT, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.
Mean values ± SD before and after ingestion of 500 ml day–1 orange juice for eight weeks.
General linear model of repeated measures analysis followed by one-way and post-hoc LSD test, p ≤ 0.05.
Values with the same letter in a row are not significantly different, while the different letters are statistically significant.