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Table 4 Biochemical values of clinical and nutritional parameters at three time points

From: Effect of folic acid supplementation on homocysteine concentration and association with training in handball players

N = 14

Study period

Biochemical parameters

Reference value

Week 0

Week 8

Week 16

  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Transferrin (mg/dl)

200 – 360

261.21

27.82

261.71

33.00

265.50

28.67

Prealbumin (mg/dl)

20 – 40

26.76

3.53

27.19

3.12

26.76

2.77

HDL (mg/dl)

40 – 60

58.29

13.58

57.29

12.28

61.00a,b

13.31

LDL (mg/dl)

70 – 150

74.00

22.89

71.35

20.84

83.07 a,b

22.58

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

110 – 200

147.86

26.74

149.71

27.68

154.57a

26.80

Folic acid (ng/ml)

4.2 – 19.9

8.14

1.17

7.73

2.57

7.62

2.36

Homocysteine (μmol/l)

5 – 12

11.64

2.65

13.92a

2.39

13.14a

1.96

  1. HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  2. a Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) Week 0 vs. Week 8 and Week 16.
  3. b Statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) Week 8 vs. Week 16.