. 2020 Jun 18;12(6):1815. doi: 10.3390/nu12061815

Table 1.

Anthropometric data and blood test results at baseline and 8 weeks after intervention.

Variables	Flavonoid-Rich Orange Juice (FR, n = 20)		p-Value ^†	Flavonoid-Low Orange Cordial (FL, n = 20)		p-Value ^†	Δ Group Comparison ^¥
	Baseline	After Intervention		Baseline	After Intervention
	Mean ± SE			Mean ± SE
Age	22.20 ± 2.608			21.45 ± 2.259			0.337 ^†
Male	n = 8 (40%)			n = 8 (40%)			1.000
Weight, kg	66.28 ± 3.41	66.57 ± 3.40	0.382 ^†	60.22 ± 2.32	59.98 ± 2.31	0.510 ^†	0.672
BMI, kg/m²	23.45 ± 0.87	23.62 ± 0.88	0.178 ^†	21.74 ± 0.66	21.62 ± 0.63	0.387 ^†	0.122
Percent body fat, %	27.72 ± 1.76	27.90 ± 1.85	0.609 ^†	25.84 ± 2.08	24.73 ± 2.18	0.052 ^†	0.050
SBP, mmHg	121.25 ± 2.98	123.05 ± 2.78	0.520 ^†	121.20 ± 2.39	118.40 ± 3.55	0.307 ^†	0.117
DBP, mmHg	74.80 ± 2.01	76.20 ± 1.63	0.522 ^†	70.55 ± 2.24	72.60 ± 1.47	0.397 ^†	0.063
BDNF	255.30 ± 40.78	322.08 ± 42.80	0.038 ^‡	267.23 ± 45.00	287.45 ± 53.24	0.673^‡	0.132
Serotonin, ng/mL	151.73 ± 22.76	187.66 ± 27.12	0.219 ^†	122.62 ± 13.37	154.23 ± 20.69	0.102 ^†	0.058
Folate, ng/mL	6.31 ± 0.69	7.47 ± 1.00	0.013 ^†	6.39 ± 1.45	6.72 ± 3.41	0.536 ^†	0.057
hs-CRP, mg/L	1.76 ± 0.56	0.81 ± 0.29	0.180 ^‡	2.03 ± 0.89	0.41 ± 0.10	0.061^‡	0.031
Vitamin B₁₂, pg/mL	517.70 ± 30.57	507.75 ± 25.80	0.694 ^†	550.45 ± 45.51	542.00 ± 38.89	0.768 ^†	0.143
CES-D score	30.4 ± 7.97	15.15 ± 8.95	<0.0001 ^†	28.35 ± 6.49	17.85 ± 7.36	0.001 ^†	0.889

BMI, body mass index; ^† paired t-test; ^‡ Wilcoxon signed rank test; ^¥ multiple regression analysis was applied for Δ values (income, sex, and age were adjusted).