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Table 4 Significant changes in blood metabolites after the vegetables intervention (mean ± SD is presented)

From: Nutrigenomics approach elucidates health-promoting effects of high vegetable intake in lean and obese men

Treatment

Lean (n = 15)

Obese (n = 17)

p value#

50-g Veg

200-g Veg

50-g Veg

200-g Veg

Asparagine (Asn)

0.30 ± 0.06

0.32 ± 0.06

0.28 ± 0.05

0.30 ± 0.07

0.0418

Leucine (Leu)

1.61 ± 0.13

1.65 ± 0.15

1.83 ± 0.33

1.96 ± 0.36

0.0224

Methionine sulfoxide 1

1.9 × 10−3 ± 8.8 × 10−4

2.2 × 10−3 ± 2.9 × 10−4

1.9 × 10−3 ± 3.7 × 10−4

2.2 × 10−3 ± 5.7 × 10−4

0.0308

Methionine sulfoxide 2

2.7 × 10−3 ± 1.2 × 10−3

2.9 × 10−3 ± 4.2 × 10−4

2.6 × 10−3 ± 6.7 × 10−4

3.1 × 10−3 ± 7.2 × 10−4

0.0455

Threonine (Thr)

2.32 ± 0.25

2.37 ± 0.28

2.26 ± 0.39

2.49 ± 0.53

0.0205

9-HODE

2.62 ± 0.83

2.20 ± 1.30

3.00 ± 1.31

2.21 ± 0.46

0.0187

PGD-3

0.024 ± 0.024

0.020 ± 0.021

0.017 ± 0.016

0.013 ± 0.016

0.0408

15-HETE

0.08 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.05

0.12 ± 0.06

0.08 ± 0.04

0.0263*

  1. G gram; Veg vegetable
  2. # p values for treatment effect in 2-way ANOVA, interaction effects (BMI-category × treatment) were not significant
  3. p value for vegetable effect in obese subjects (post hoc test); p value for interaction (BMI-category × treatment) was 0.006