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Table 6 Changes in blood biomarkers and nutritional indexes from day 0 to day 60 in elderly T2DM subjects

From: Evaluation of white sweet potato tube-feeding formula in elderly diabetic patients: a randomized controlled trial

 

Non-WSP-EN

WSP-EN

Day 0

Day 60

Changes

Day 0

Day 60

Changes

AST (U/L)

25.75 ± 15.41

46.00 ± 86.46

20.25 ± 88.42

26.96 ± 16.96

24.25 ± 9.23

−2.71 ± 10.59

ALT (U/L)

22.19 ± 15.55

33.00 ± 49.40

10.81 ± 50.23

24.08 ± 25.52

21.00 ± 13.21

−3.08 ± 16.69

Pre-Alb (mg/dL)

22.86 ± 4.30

21.96 ± 5.70

−0.89 ± 3.03

23.63 ± 6.30

24.70 ± 6.04

1.06 ± 2.81 #

Albumin (g/dL)

3.56 ± 0.24

3.53 ± 0.25

−0.03 ± 0.17

3.54 ± 0.38

3.61 ± 0.35

0.07 ± 0.23

Cr (mg/dL)

0.62 ± 0.19

0.64 ± 0.22

0.03 ± 0.07

0.76 ± 0.30

0.73 ± 0.27

− 0.03 ± 0.11

BUN (mg/dL)

13.31 ± 5.51

14.75 ± 5.98

1.44 ± 4.24

18.50 ± 11.73

20.58 ± 9.45

2.08 ± 6.70

Uric acid (mg/dL)

5.71 ± 1.61

5.41 ± 1.58

− 0.30 ± 0.71

5.60 ± 1.85

4.71 ± 1.59 *

− 0.89 ± 0.92 #

Transferrin (mg/dL)

237.68 ± 48.98

239.23 ± 51.97

1.54 ± 17.32

223.06 ± 38.85

245.85 ± 46.08 *

22.78 ± 16.74 #

Hs-CRP (mg/dL)

0.78 ± 0.97

1.68 ± 1.95 *

0.90 ± 1.50

0.69 ± 0.59

0.76 ± 0.64

0.07 ± 0.75

Vitamin A (μM)

2.82 ± 0.35

2.71 ± 0.49

−0.11 ± 0.21

2.45 ± 0.77

2.74 ± 0.93 *

0.29 ± 0.46

Vitamin E (μM)

33.06 ± 7.62

34.31 ± 8.93

1.25 ± 2.63

29.04 ± 6.68

31.23 ± 11.33

2.18 ± 8.50

  1. Data are presented as means ± standard deviations.
  2. * Significant within-group difference after intervention (paired t test analysis; p < 0.05).
  3. # Significant between-groups difference after intervention (independent t test; p < 0.05).
  4. AST aspartate aminotransferase; ALT alanine aminotransferase; Pre-Alb Pre-albumin; BUN blood urea nitrogen; Hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
  5. *p < 0.05 pre- vs. post-treatment, paired t test.
  6. #p < 0.05 between non-WSP-EN vs. WSP-EN group, independent-sample t test
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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