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. 2018 Oct 16;10(10):1516. doi: 10.3390/nu10101516

Table 1.

Individual volunteer (n = 20) data, mean, median and standard deviation (SD) of urinary parameters (pH, uric acid, oxalate, theobromine, UAC test and uric acid relative supersaturation (RSS) [26]) for basal conditions and under cocoa derived products nutritional intervention.

Volunteer pH Uric Acid (mg/L) Oxalate (mg/L)
1 B MC PC DC B MC PC DC B MC PC DC
2 5.85 6.05 5.68 6.39 404 460 461 393 16 17 15 16
3 6.44 6.03 5.54 6.33 346 623 478 555 11 22 10 18
4 7.05 5.73 6.58 5.53 207 142 210 336 37 39 40 34
5 5.00 6.25 6.58 5.72 273 679 398 367 16 25 13 16
6 4.90 5.40 5.04 5.15 453 396 391 525 20 33 19 39
7 5.02 5.60 5.40 5.74 562 709 571 857 37 34 38 58
8 5.35 5.22 5.39 5.10 393 549 156 270 15 29 8 27
9 5.65 5.43 6.35 5.81 326 608 276 516 15 25 10 50
10 5.84 5.56 5.66 5.60 537 558 725 489 36 9 45 26
11 5.54 5.72 6.35 6.60 404 400 317 539 16 39 12 29
12 5.66 5.92 5.68 5.44 469 688 528 405 24 12 28 44
13 6.20 5.62 5.86 5.89 847 281 303 561 31 36 15 23
14 5.33 5.32 5.04 5.53 847 951 389 891 23 24 22 40
15 5.29 5.23 5.15 5.20 728 757 594 610 27 42 31 25
16 5.62 5.49 6.07 5.86 313 113 277 230 23 6 14 18
17 6.15 5.33 6.23 7.03 316 813 283 496 16 24 16 27
18 5.42 5.64 6.22 5.50 392 285 139 508 22 10 10 36
19 6.40 6.58 6.96 5.64 286 720 311 706 24 28 27 42
20 6.06 5.40 5.20 5.53 188 178 252 169 11 10 14 13
mean 5.69 5.65 5.80 5.72 425 507 387 483 22 24 21 32*
median 5.64 5.58 5.68 5.59 393 554 353 502 21 25 16 30
SD 0.56 0.36 0.59 0.48 195 244 167 191 8 11 11 12
Volunteer Theobromine (mg/L) UAC test Uric acid RSS
1 B MC PC DC B MC PC DC B MC PC DC
2 8.5 8.5 27.2 51.7 1 2 0 0 −0.37 −0.65 0.15 −1.52
3 0.0 4.2 16.8 20.5 2 4 2 3 −1.76 −0.28 0.51 −1.02
4 2.7 23.2 29.3 32.5 1 1 1 3 −3.47 −1.25 2.58 0.14
5 0.9 9.0 21.0 17.1 4 2 0 1 1.20 −0.64 −1.88 −0.19
6 0.0 4.8 18.3 24.6 1 4 0 0 2.01 0.63 1.49 1.54
7 1.6 5.3 20.5 45.0 3 4 0 1 1.94 0.81 1.03 0.70
8 0.0 6.2 9.4 26.8 2 2 0 1 0.74 1.42 −0.37 0.93
9 2.6 6.7 19.2 37.6 4 3 0 0 −0.16 1.03 −1.83 −0.01
10 0.2 9.1 17.9 28.5 2 2 3 1 −0.03 0.63 0.69 0.40
11 0.0 4.2 15.9 30.3 3 2 1 0 0.32 −0.09 −1.68 −1.58
12 0.0 3.5 15.8 15.6 1 4 0 0 0.22 0.07 0.30 0.56
13 0.0 6.3 15.8 32.7 2 2 1 2 −0.29 −0.26 −0.71 −0.09
14 2.0 20.7 16.2 45.0 6 6 2 4 1.63 1.78 1.48 1.22
15 0.0 4.6 15.2 24.1 6 6 6 4 1.56 1.75 1.67 1.58
16 4.3 1.6 21.8 9.6 2 2 2 1 −0.14 −0.96 −1.25 −1.01
17 0.0 5.7 19.3 36.7 4 4 2 6 −1.27 1.58 −1.56 −2.48
18 0.0 6.1 15.4 37.5 2 2 0 0 0.57 −0.29 −2.32 0.67
19 9.2 10.1 12.9 32.7 2 2 1 1 −1.89 −1.23 −2.86 0.71
20 3.3 7.3 34.0 26.6 1 2 0 1 −1.66 −0.25 0.61 −0.61
mean 2.3 7.6 19.3 30.6 2.6 3.0 1.3 1.6 −0.01 0.18 −0.35 −0.00
median 1.0 6.2 18.1 31.4 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.09 −0.15 −0.11 0.08
SD 2.4 5.4 5.9 10.3 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.44 0.97 1.55 1.09

* p < 0.05 DC vs. B and PC. B: Basal conditions, MC: Milk chocolate consumption, PC: Cocoa powder consumption, DC: Dark chocolate consumption.