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. 2021 Jul 18;13(1):209–219. doi: 10.1007/s13340-021-00524-3

Table 2.

Comparison of changes in parameters during the water ingestion trial over 3 months

Δ change % change
FW EHW FW EHW
Δ change p1 Δ change p2 p3 % change p1 % change p2 p3
HOMA-IR 0.04 (− 0.51, 0.75) 0.850 − 0.27 (− 0.50, 0.15) 0.105 0.282 3 (− 33, 33) 0.784 − 21 (− 28, 19) 0.422 0.638
HOMA-β 7.5 (− 14.6, 20.8) 0.571 − 2.9 (− 12.8, 12.9) 0.896 0.587 − 0 (− 32, 62) 0.386 − 11 (− 27, 30) 0.800 0.569
OGTT-G-0 (mmol/L) − 0.02 + 0.94 0.927 − 0.21 + 0.83 0.246 0.498 1.0 + 15.7 0.787 − 1.6 + 12.1 0.539 0.561
OGTT-G-120 (mmol/L) − 0.31 (− 1.99, 0.97) 0.417 − 0.44 (− 1.00, 1.50) 0.820 0.706 − 2.5 (− 11.2, 8.4) 0.622 − 2.9 (− 7.6, 14.1) 0.996 0.709
OGTT-G-AUC (mmol L−1 h) − 0.80 + 4.68 0.451 − 0.35 + 3.51 0.637 0.724 − 1.1 + 19.3 0.801 0.0 + 14.1 0.988 0.827
OGTT-I-0 (pmol/L) − 0.83 + 26.88 0.896 − 4.23 + 15.18 0.195 0.374 7 (− 31, 35) 0.596 − 14 (− 23, 8) 0.452 0.462
OGTT-I-120 (pmol/L) 13 (− 52, 83) 0.249 − 2 (− 33, 50) 0.601 0.971 19.6 + 63.5 0.183 15.3 + 54.5 0.192 0.812
OGTT-I-AUC 20 (− 24, 186) 0.035 5 (− 25, 71) 0.315 0.587 9.4 (− 9.8, 47.3) 0.028 1.7 (− 9.4, 24.5) 0.200 0.523
OGTT-[GxI]-AUC 513 (− 1162, 2594) 0.108 − 252 (− 872, 1785) 0.360 0.800 19.3 + 47.5 0.086 13.8 + 39.9 0.112 0.800
BMI (kg/m2) 0.0 (− 0.4, 0.0) 0.283 0.0 (0.0, 0.2) 0.683 0.258 0.0 (− 1.5, 0.0) 0.363 0.0 (0.0, 0.6) 0.689 0.338
HbA1c (mmol/mol) 0.0 (− 2.0, 1.0) 0.452 0.0 (− 1.0, 1.0) 0.274 0.883 − 1.02 + 5.94 0.428 − 0.72 + 4.52 0.300 0.769
HbA1c (%) 0.0 (− 0.2, 0.1) 0.452 0.0 (− 0.1, 0.1) 0.274 0.883 − 0.70 + 3.84 0.428 − 0.68 + 3.08 0.300 0.769
Glycoalbumin (%) − 0.12 + 1.04 0.625 0.01 + 0.66 0.926 0.638 − 0.81 + 6.66 0.594 0.24 + 3.98 0.775 0.670
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) − 0.12 (− 0.31, 0.11) 0.287 0.03 (− 0.39, 0.30) 0.615 0.567 − 1.6 + 13.8 0.605 − 0.3 + 9.9 0.893 0.720
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) − 0.03 + 0.22 0.563 0.02 + 0.18 0.549 0.408 − 2.4 + 17.5 0.550 2.4 + 11.7 0.336 0.308
Triglyceride (mmol/L) 0.07 (− 0.10, 0.25) 0.775 0.01 (− 0.22, 0.18) 0.574 0.737 10.5 (− 9.8, 35.7) 0.159 0.9 (− 17.7, 18.4) 0.988 0.462
S-uric acid (µmol/L) − 3.0 (− 26.8, 14.9) 0.601 17.8 (− 20.8, 41.6) 0.498 0.294 − 1.1 (− 9.5, 5.7) 0.632 5.2 (− 8.1, 13.9) 0.300 0.342
U-uric acid (mmol/mol Cre) − 11.8 (− 63.5, 48.5) 0.870 24.1 (8.1, 78.3) 0.012 0.096 − 3.0 (− 18.3, 15.8) 0.956 12.8 (3.2, 32.3) 0.004 0.049
S-lactate (mmol/L) − 0.02 (− 0.28, 0.17) 0.644 − 0.14 (− 0.51, 0.11) 0.038 0.273 − 3.4 + 29.3 0.606 − 7.2 + 36.7 0.360 0.714
S-pyruvate (µmol/L) − 1.1 (− 11.9, 27.3) 0.847 − 5.7 (− 13.1, 4.5) 0.211 0.348 − 2 (− 14, 40) 0.546 − 10 (− 16, 9) 0.475 0.401
S-MG (nmol/L) − 15.5 (− 47.3, 3.0) 0.117 2.0 (− 24.5, 28.5) 0.867 0.210 − 12.9 (− 27.0, 4.2) 0.261 1.8 (− 13.7, 23.7) 0.544 0.195
U-MG (μmol/mol Cre) − 7.4 (− 19.3, 18.6) 0.701 -0.7 (− 20.5, 35.5) 0.800 0.763 3.1 + 39.6 0.730 10.8 + 40.5 0.212 0.531
U-pH 0.00 (− 0.13, 0.50) 0.383 0.00 (0.00, 0.50) 0.044 0.434 0.0 (− 1.9, 6.8) 0.505 0.0 (0.0, 9.1) 0.023 0.299
U-8-OHdG (μmol/mol Cre) − 0.35 + 0.83 0.240 − 0.87 + 1.11 0.061 0.295 − 9.4 + 33.1 0.419 − 25.8 + 32.5 0.059 0.318
d-ROMs (U CARR) 4.7 + 41.4 0.618 − 3.4 + 18.1 0.379 0.184 2.5 + 12.6 0.382 − 0.6 + 6.0 0.620 0.316
BAP (μmol/L) 47.6 + 148.9 0.169 56.7 + 193.8 0.174 0.862 2.4 + 7.0 0.152 3.3 + 9.8 0.115 0.699
S-creatinine (mmol/L) − 1.8 (− 4.4, 3.5) 0.627 − 0.9 (− 4.4, 3.1) 0.563 1.000 − 2.8 (− 6.3, 5.7) 0.596 − 1.4 (− 4.7, 3.6) 0.687 0.782
eGFR (mL min−1 [1.73 m]−2) 2.3 (− 3.0, 4.5) 0.626 1.7 (− 1.4, 4.0) 0.234 0.413 3.1 (− 5.3, 6.9) 0.583 2.8 (− 2.6, 5.7) 0.211 0.886
ACR (g/mol Cre) − 0.07 (− 0.29, 0.42) 1.000 0.07 (− 0.06, 0.42) 0.094 0.358 − 10 (− 35, 33) 0.956 14 (− 14, 31) 0.186 0.375
BUN (mmol/L) − 0.05 (− 1.17, 1.04) 0.803 0.00 (− 0.91, 0.21) 0.426 0.527 − 0.8 (− 18.3, 24.1) 0.784 0.0 (− 17.5, 4.0) 0.363 0.352
UUN (mol/mol Cre) 0.51 + 8.99 0.804 0.12 + 6.47 0.930 0.874 4.4 + 27.0 0.472 2.7 + 19.9 0.526 0.813
BNP (ng/L) 1.9 (− 6.4, 10.9) 0.330 − 0.7 (− 5.2, 7.0) 0.595 0.688 28 (− 7, 60) 0.048 − 1 (− 22, 44) 0.410 0.462
S-Na+ (mmol/L) 0.5 (− 1.0, 2.0) 0.537 0.0 (− 1.5, 1.0) 0.707 0.491 0.4 (− 0.7, 1.4) 0.384 0.0 (− 1.1, 0.7) 0.931 0.487
S-K+ (mmol/L) 0.00 (− 0.13, 0.40) 0.459 0.10 (− 0.10, 0.30) 0.130 0.779 0.0 (− 2.9, 9.5) 0.384 2.3 (− 2.2, 7.2) 0.077 0.592
S-Cl (mmol/L) 0.0 (− 2.0, 2.0) 1.000 1.0 (− 2.0, 2.5) 0.559 0.924 0.0 (− 1.9, 1.9) 0.977 1.0 (− 1.9, 2.4) 0.521 0.917
U-Na+ (mol/mol Cre) 2.43 + 17.67 0.547 1.50 + 8.34 0.399 0.831 23.3 (− 38.1, 86.4) 0.177 6.4 (− 8.4, 34.3) 0.200 0.800
U-K+ (mol/mol Cre) − 0.60 (− 1.06, 0.65) 0.498 0.11 (− 0.56, 1.23) 0.393 0.212 − 13.1 (− 25.3, 18.4) 0.596 2.8 (− 11.6, 33.2) 0.345 0.178
U-Cl (mol/mol Cre) 1.17 + 17.39 0.767 0.93 + 7.64 0.567 0.954 8.8 (− 40.6, 60.3) 0.475 0.1 (− 9.0, 36.1) 0.286 0.838
Red blood cells (1012/L) − 0.03 + 0.21 0.513 − 0.02 + 0.23 0.648 0.891 − 0.79 + 4.74 0.464 − 0.64 + 5.43 0.579 0.921
Hematocrit (%) − 0.27 + 1.79 0.515 -0.10 + 2.27 0.828 0.797 − 0.73 + 4.36 0.461 − 0.29 + 5.70 0.812 0.772
Hemoglobin (g/L) − 1.7 + 6.5 0.257 − 1.9 + 8.6 0.296 0.927 − 1.4 + 4.8 0.216 − 1.5 + 6.4 0.267 0.925
White blood cell (109/L) 0.61 + 1.17 0.031 − 0.12 + 0.90 0.522 0.029 3.8 (− 2.7, 21.6) 0.051 0.0 (− 12.0, 10.1) 0.929 0.046
Platelet (109/L) 20.9 + 27.0 0.003 0.5 + 34.7 0.943 0.037 10.0 (2.6, 17.1) 0.003 0.5 (− 6.4, 4.3) 0.988 0.027
ALT (µkat/L) − 0.1 (− 0.1, 0.00) 0.068 0.0 (− 0.0, 0.1) 0.378 0.032 − 10.7 (− 20.0, 0.0) 0.076 7.1 (− 9.7, 31.7) 0.162 0.051

The values are expressed as the mean + SD or median (interquartile range)

p1 0 vs 3 M in the FW group, p2 0 vs 3 M in the EHW group, p3 FW group vs. EHW group

FW filtered water, EHW electrolyzed hydrogen-rich water, HOMA-IR HOMA-insulin resistance, HOMA-β HOMA beta-cell, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, G glucose, 0 at 0 min, 120 at 120 min, I insulin, S serum, U urinary, MG methylglyoxal, 8-OHdG 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, d-ROMs diacron-reactive oxygen metabolites, U CARR Carratelli units, BAP biological antioxidant potential, ACR albumin creatinine ratio, BUN blood urea nitrogen, UUN urine urea nitrogen, ALT alanine transaminase