Table 2.
Maternal biochemical indicators of the control and supplemented groups in collections 1 and 2, performed in the study. Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2017–2018.
| Biochemical Indicators Evaluated | Control Group | Supplemented Group | Differences between Control Group and Supplemented Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collection 1 | Collection 2 | Change | p-Value * | Collection 1 | Collection 2 | Change | p-Value * | p-Value ** | ||
| Collection 1 CG × SG | Collection 2 CG × SG | |||||||||
| Serum alpha-tocopherol (µmol/L) | 26.37 (4.6) | 26.34 (4.92) | 0.03 (2.5) | 0.876 | 26.38 (5.4) | 48.27 (10.5) | 21.89 (7.4) | 0.001 | 0.996 | <0.001 |
| Alpha-tocopherol in breast milk (µmol/L) | 6.91 (1.8) | 6.94 (2.0) | 0.03 (1.2) | 0.935 | 6.98 (2.2) | 15.00 (5.1) | 8.02 (4.2) | <0.001 | 0.883 | <0.001 |
| Serum cholesterol (mg/dL) | 177 (41.0) | 178 (42.0) | 1.70 (33.5) | 0.750 | 179 (44.0) | 173 (36.0) | 6.28 (16.0) | 0.190 | 0.834 | 0.498 |
| Serum triglycerides (mg/dL) | 143 (99.0) | 130 (86.0) | 13.38 (57.8) | 0.151 | 129 (66.0) | 109 (51.0) | 19.23 (32.9) | 0.08 | 0.439 | 0.195 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 40 (14.0) | 41 (15.0) | 0.25 (12.9) | 0.903 | 42 (11.0) | 42 (10.0) | 0.31 (8.0) | 0.811 | 0.574 | 0.724 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 111 (35.0) | 114 (40.0) | 3.28 (34.4) | 0.535 | 113 (43.0) | 110 (35.0) | 3.74 (14.7) | 0.129 | 0.762 | 0.603 |
HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; ( ) Standard deviation; * Student’s t-test for dependent samples; ** Student’s t-test for independent samples. CG: Control group; SG: Supplemented group.