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Table 4 Changes on clinical and biochemical parameters after zinc supplementation according to +1245 MT1A A/G genotypes

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

 

G− genotype

G+ genotype

p value

CRP (mg/dL)

62.8 ± 25.9

−1.4 ± 11.1

0.35

Albumin (g/dL)

2.5 ± 0.95

5.2 ± 2.2

0.28

Glycemia (mg/dL)

−1.75 ± 1.9

−1.0 ± 2.8

0.95

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

−0.1 ± 1.4

1.3 ± 3.0

0.82

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

6.4 ± 1.7

4.3 ± 2.1

0.81

AGEs (ng/mL)

8.3 ± 7.0

−19.8 ± 15.6

0.12

ROS (MFI)

8.2 ± 6.9

−22.4 ± 19.3

0.14

pSOD (U/mL)

14.9 ± 1.2

18.4 ± 2.6

0.28

GPx (nmol NADPH/min/mL)

−0.76 ± 0.22

0.11 ± 0.45

0.086

CAT (μmol/min/mg prot)

−8.9 ± 1.1

−9.4 ± 2.3

0.64

Zn plasma levels (μM)

9.3 ± 2.1

4.5 ± 2.9

0.50

Zn granulocytes (nmol/mg protein)

83.3 ± 21.7

163.9 ± 43.3

0.14

MT (MFI)

64.5 ± 28.4

31.9 ± 67.4

0.58

iZnL

7.0 ± 2.3

19.8 ± 5.6

0.020

iZnR

14.5 ± 7.5

60.3 ± 14.6

0.031

  1. Data are mean of % changes ± SE
  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