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Table 3 Influence of +1245 MT1A A/G SNP on clinical and biochemical parameters

From: Influence of +1245 A/G MT1A polymorphism on advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in elderly: effect of zinc supplementation

 

G− genotype

Baseline

G+ genotype

Baseline

p value

CRP (mg/dL)

0.55 ± 1.46

0.42 ± 0.58

0.91

Albumin (g/dL)

4.1 ± 0.2

4.0 ± 0.2

0.41

Glycemia (mg/dL)

96.7 ± 13.8

96.1 ± 9.1

0.53

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

223.2 ± 41.8

219.2 ± 34.3

0.70

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

53.1 ± 14.2

49.2 ± 16.2

0.28

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

122.1 ± 52.8

133.7 ± 72.5

0.24

AGEs (ng/mL)

1.31 ± 0.50

1.66 ± 0.62

0.036

ROS (MFI)

4.1 ± 2.1

24.0 ± 18.3

0.01

pSOD (U/mL)

21.53 ± 2.85

21.18 ± 3.26

0.65

GPx (nmol NADPH/min/mL)

0.100 ± 0.006

0.099 ± 0.006

0.37

CAT (μmol/min/mg prot)

20.80 ± 2.67

21.40 ± 2.92

0.35

Zn plasma levels (μM)

10.58 ± 2.21

11.12 ± 2.24

0.22

Zn granulocytes (nmol/mg protein)

0.21 ± 0.12

0.20 ± 0.12

0.92

MT (MFI)

87.52 ± 32.13

89.21 ± 38.78

0.88

iZnL

1.27 ± 0.12

1.24 ± 0.09

0.44

iZnR

0.18 ± 0.07

0.17 ± 0.06

0.47

  1. Data are mean ± SD
  2. Comparisons between G+ (AG+GG) and G− (AA) genotype were performed by ANCOVA analysis correcting for age, gender and country
  3. Bold values indicate a significant difference