Table 4: Age and BMI Adjusted Levels of Urine Oxidative Damage Biomarkers and Blood Serum hsCRP by Tomato Type Consumed by Tomato Study Participants (ng/mg) (n=40†)

HEC Tomato LEC Tomato
Pre Level Post Level Δ P a Pre Level Post Level Δ P a P b
Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE Mean±SE
8-Iso-PGF2α/ Creatinine 4.89±0.79 5.13±0.71 0.24±0.51 0.77 5.35±0.75 4.86±0.57 -0.49±0.68 0.66 0.45
8-OHdg/ Creatinine 19.69±3.22 19.33±3.63 -0.35±3.17 0.48 19.73±2.96 18.77±2.76 -0.95±1.49 0.48 0.87
hsCRP (mg/dL) 3.29±0.43 3.60±0.63 0.31±0.51 0.54 4.33±0.72 4.86±1.24 0.53±1.28 0.67 0.85

† n=37 for CRP
a for change from pre- to post-intervention within tomato conditions
b for difference in biomarker change between tomato conditions.