Table 3.
Maximum peak, time to peak and area under the curve of serum calcium, phosphorus and area under the curve calcium × phosphorus product.
| Serum | CaCO3 supplementation |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Juice | Breakfast | |||
| Calcium | Maximum peak (mg/dL) | 8.63 ± 0.87 | 8.77 ± 0.55 | 8.95 ± 0.38 | 0.477 |
| Time to peak (min) | 202.5 ± 85.9 | 182.5 ± 57.8 | 152.5 ± 94.5 | 0.326 | |
| AUC (mg/dL min) | 2433 ± 239 | 2577 ± 214 | 2506 ± 121 | 0.226 | |
| Maximum peak (mg/dL) | 4.04 ± 0.76 | 4.03 ± 0.69 | 4.12 ± 0.66 | 0.945 | |
| Phosphorus | Time to peak (min) | 142 ± 92.1 | 135 ± 99.0 | 167 ± 107 | 0.706 |
| AUC (mg/dL min) | 1203 ± 173 | 1052 ± 119 | 1128 ± 320 | 0.981 | |
| Ca × P product | Maximum peak (mg2/dL2) | 34.3 ± 6.55 | 35.8 ± 7.34 | 34.5 ± 6.41 | 0.827 |
| Time to peak (min) | 180 ± 85.9 | 187 ± 85.9 | 192 ± 100 | 0.944 | |
| AUC (mg2/dL min2) | 9038 ± 1645 | 8846 ± 1365 | 9094 ± 1095 | 0.900 | |
Values expressed as mean ± SD.
Statistical tests: ANOVA followed by Tukey; significance: p < 0.05.
AUC, area under the curve; CaCO3, calcium carbonate; Ca × P product, product calcium × phosphorus.