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Table 9 Change in blood chemistry parameters (iron metabolism)

From: Matured hop extract reduces body fat in healthy overweight humans: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group study

Parameter

Sex

Reference range

Group

Ingestion period

Follow-up period

0 w

4 w

8 w

12 w

16 w

Fe (μg/dL)

M

60-210

A

107.7 (5.0)

116.6 (6.3)

101.6 (4.4)

110.1 (5.4)

112.9 (6.7)

P

112.7 (5.6)

110.9 (5.6)

102.3 (5.0)

104.5 (5.2)

101.8 (5.0)

F

50-170

A

94.3 (4.8)

89.8 (4.6)#

94.1 (4.5)

86.1 (4.9)##

98.0 (4.8)

P

102.8 (4.9)

103.3 (5.0)

97.7 (5.3)

108.9 (5.3)

98.0 (5.4)

TIBC (μg/dL)

M

250-410

A

323.7 (4.3)

317.7 (5.1)*

315.3 (4.2)**

319.4 (4.3)*

322.8 (4.4)

P

332.4 (5.4)

327.5 (4.8)*

326.2 (5.6)*

325.6 (5.3)*

329.4 (4.9)

F

250-460

A

341.7 (6.7)

331.9 (6.0)**

335.6 (6.5)*

333.3 (6.5)**

336.1 (6.3)

P

334.2 (6.1)

328.5 (5.5)*

334.1 (6.5)

332.9 (6.4)

336.7 (6.5)

UIBC (μg/dL)

M

120-330

A

216.0 (5.9)

201.1 (6.8)*

213.7 (5.5)

209.3 (5.6)

210.0 (6.5)

P

219.8 (6.9)

216.7 (7.2)

223.9 (7.6)

221.2 (7.0)

227.6 (6.2)

F

110-425

A

247.4 (9.0)

242.2 (8.7)

241.5 (9.3)

247.2 (9.3)

238.1 (8.8)

P

231.3 (8.3)

225.1 (7.6)

236.4 (8.6)

224.0 (9.3)

238.7 (8.7)

Ferritin (ng/mL)

M

21-282

A

147.76 (8.63)

151.39 (9.24)

147.35 (8.80)

146.59 (9.03)

150.44 (9.45)

P

137.97 (12.51)

142.62 (14.06)

143.55 (13.20)

145.89 (13.65)

143.39 (14.07)

F

5-157

A

51.71 (6.56)

49.91 (6.23)

50.46 (6.67)

54.47 (7.36)

54.44 (6.82)

P

48.63 (4.32)

45.86 (4.07)

49.63 (4.30)

51.02 (4.54)

49.55 (4.41)

  1. Data are expressed as means (SEM). A, Active group (n = 94); P, Placebo group (n = 94). M, Male; F, Female
  2. # P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01 vs. Placebo group. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 vs. 0 w