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. 2021 Jan 22;42:101869. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101869

Table 4.

Overview of results on significant differences between biomarker levels in participants according to dietary patterns reported in observational and intervention studies.

Dietary patterns Observational studies
Intervention studies
Oxidative stress biomarkers Inflammatory biomarkers Oxidative stress biomarkers Inflammatory biomarkers
Mediterranean diet N = 6/NS = 3 [31,32,38]
↓ F2-isoprostane [39,40]
↓ sNox2-dp [30,44]
↓ Ox-LDL [42]
↑ FlOP_320; ↑ FlOP_360 [41]
↑ TAC [42]
↑ Ox-LDL [39]
N = 2/NS = 0
↓ hs-CRP [40]
↓ CRP [42]
↓ IL-6;
↓ TNF-α;
↓ serum amyloid A;
↓ homocysteine [42]
N = 8/NS = 1 [49]
↓ F2-Isoprostanes [54]
↓ Ox-LDL [45]
↓ MDA (measured via TBARS) [46]
↓ TBARS [51]
↓ 8-OH-dG [46]
↓ Methylglyoxal [50]
↓ CML [47]
↓ MPO activityen
↓ Cystine [52]
↑ nitrate; ↓ xanthine oxidase activity;
↑ SOD activity; ↑ SOD protein level;
↑ catalase activity [56]
N = 3/NS = 2 [49,54]
↓ hs-CRP [50], ↓ CRP [45]
↓ visfatin [45]
↓ TNF-α; ↓ IL-6 [46]
↑ IL-10; ↑ adiponectin [46]
Vegetarian Diet N = 4/NS = 2 [33]
↓ MDA [36,43]
↓ MPO protein level; ↓ spondin-2; ↓ follistatin; ↓ MMP-7; ↓ TRAIL-R2 [35]
↑ PON-3 [35];
↑ TAC [36]
↑ Total phenol; ↑ FRAP, ↑ nitrite [37]
↑ SOD protein level; ↑ glutathione peroxidase protein level [43]
N = 0/NS = 1 [35] N = 1/NS = 0
↓ L-derived ROS [51]
↓ TBARS [51]
Vegan Diet N = 1/NS = 0
↑ TBARS; ↑ nitrite [37]
N = 0/NS = 1 [48] N = 0/NS = 1 [48]
DASH Diet N = 1/NS = 0
↑ FlOP_320; ↑ FlOP_360 [41]
N = 2/NS = 0
↓ MDA [55]
↓TBARS [57]
↑ NO; ↑ GSH [55]
N = 1/NS = 0
↓ hs-CRP [55]
USDA HEI diet N = 1/NS = 1 [34]
↑ FlOP_320; ↑ FlOP_360 [41]
N = 0/NS = 1 [34]
Paleolithic diet N = 1/NS = 0
↓ F2-isoprostane [40]
N = 1/NS = 0
↓ hs-CRP [40]
Western diet/Fast food diet N = 6/NS = 1 [43]
↑ heme oxygenase-1 [29]
↑ Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 [32]
↑ PON-3 [35]
↑ Total phenol [37]
↓ protein carbonyl [33]
↓ MMP-7; ↓ MPO protein level [35]
↓ TAC; ↑ MDA [36]
↓ Ceruloplasmin [33]
N = 1/NS = 1 [29]
↑ resistin ↑ TRAIL-R2; ↑ UPAR; ↑ IL2RA [35]
↑ IL1RT1 ↑ follistatin;
↑ CEACAM8 (Western diet);
↓ IL1RT1 (Fast food diet) [35]
↓ Gal-4 [35]
N = 0/NS = 2 [49,53] N = 0/NS = 1 [49]

NS = number of studies that found non-significant findings of measured biomarkers in corresponding category (P > 0.05).

Abbreviations: CEACAM8, carcinoembryonic antigenrelated cell adhesion molecule 8; CML, N(6)-carboxymethyllysine; CRP, C-reactive protein; DASH diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet; FlOP, fluorescent oxidation product; FRAP, ferric reducing ability of plasma; Gal-4, Galectin-4; GSH, glutathione; HEI, Healthy Eating Index; hs, high-sensitivity; IL, interleukin; ILTR1, interleukin-1 receptor type 1; IL2RA, interleukin-2 receptor subunit alpha; ox-LDL, oxidized low density lipoprotein; MDA, malonyldialdehyde; MMP-7, matrix metalloproteinase-7; MPO, myeloperoxidase; N, number; NO, nitric oxide; PON-3, paraoxonase 3; ROS, reactive oxygen species; sNOX2-dp, soluble Nox2-derived peptide; SOD, Superoxide dismutase; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; TBARS, Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; tGSH, total glutathione; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; TRAIL-R2, tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand receptor 2; UPAR, urokinase plasminogen activator surface receptor; 8-OH-dG, 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine.