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Table 3.

Serum concentration of carotenoid

Item	Numerical item	Group	Baseline		Week 8		p (Inter-group)
Item	Numerical item	Group	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p (Inter-group)
Astaxanthin (µg/ml)	Measured value	P	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
	Measured value	A	0.000	0.000	0.173*	0.058

	Amount of change	P			0.000	0.000	0.000
	Amount of change	A			0.173	0.058	0.000

Adonirubin (µg/ml)	Measured value	P	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
	Measured value	A	0.000	0.000	0.042*	0.014

	Amount of change	P			0.000	0.000	0.000
	Amount of change	A			0.042	0.014	0.000

Adonixanthin (µg/ml)	Measured value	P	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
	Measured value	A	0.000	0.000	0.016*	0.006

	Amount of change	P			0.000	0.000	0.000
	Amount of change	A			0.016	0.006	0.000

Group P: n = 26, group A: n = 28. Intra-group comparison at baseline *p<0.01 (1-sample t test). Inter-group comparison with group P (2-sample t test).