Figure 1:Flow diagram of volunteers

IFN, Interferon gamma; T0: Baseline characteristics (before the intervention). T1: Final characteristics (after the intervention). Data are presented as mean and standard deviation, and were analyzed with Normality test: Kolmogorov- Smirnov, p<0.05 and paired t-Student. *p=0.035.
Figure 2: Effect of acai pulp intake on diastolic blood pressure, n=40

IFN, Interferon gamma; T0: Baseline characteristics (before the intervention). T1: Final characteristics (after the intervention). Data presented as mean and standard deviation, and were analyzed with Normality test: Kolmogorov- Smirnov, p<0.05 and paired t-Student. *p=0.006
Figure 3: Effect of acai pulp intake on leptin plasma evels, n=40

 

 

IFN<5pg/mL (n=24)

IFN>5pg/mL (n=16)

Variable

T0

T1

p*a

T0

T1

p*a

p*b

Anthropometric and body composition parameters

Body weight, Kg

68.65±14.58

69.2(57.3-87.5)

0.144

62.7±11.85

59.5(51.5-70.8)

0.613

0.199

BMI, Kg/m2

25.05(20.85-29.0)

25.44(21.9-31.2)

0.310

21.8(20.9-27.5)

21.9(20.5-26.4)

0.825

0.590

Waist circumference, cm

76.72±10.23

79.3±10.7

0.116

73.6±5.96

72.9±6.5

0.258

0.235

Truncal fat, %

54.83±5.08

55.5±5.97

0.193

52.7±6.07

55.4±4.65

0.472

0.256

Body fat (BIA), %

32.5±5.06

35.54±4.97

0.08

30.6±5.53

30.3±4.2

0.396

0.279

Clinical parameters

Systolic blood pres- sure, mmHg

106.1±12.6

106.3±10.6

0.09

105.1±12.1

100.8±12.1

0.248

0.808

Diastolic blood pres- sure, mmHg

73.3±11.3

73.01±7.6

0.424

72.5±7.7

70.12±8.06

0.035

0.803

Biochemical parameters and inflammatory mediators

Glucose, mg/dL

79.12(75-81.5)

79.8±7.26

0.879

78.5(75-85.3)

79.7±5.7

0.671

0.579

Insulin, μIU/mL

6.6±2.3

6.84±2.91

0.229

5.76±2.03

5.9±2.2

0.954

0.214

HOMA-IR

1.4±0.5

1.47(0.8-1.6)

0.318

1.17±0.54

1.08±0.5

0.551

0.308

Cholesterol, mg/dL

192.6±34.3

185.70±22.2

0.498

182.2±33.9

187.5±39.3

0.176

0.353

Triacylglycerol, mg/dL

75.5(60.2-102.5)

96.53±35.3

0.225

68(39.5-96.5)

73.1±33.3

0.684

0.241

LDL, mg/dL

106.2±29.9

97.6±31.6

0.263

107.6±32.5

109.9±34.9

0.645

0.891

HDL, mg/dL

69.2±12.4

72.4±13.3

0.942

60.1±13.7

63.04±13.4

0.203

0.04

TNF, pg/mL

5.45±1.87

5.31±2.1

0.545

7.35±3.03

7.86±2.7

0.951

0.03

CRP, μg/mL

20.39±12.23

21.1±13.2

0.702

11.5±10.6

10.6±7.7

0.805

0.01

Leptin, μg/mL

18.517±0.0005

18.498±0.0005

0.340

18.505±0.0003

18.471±0.0003

0.006

0.383

T0: Basline characteristics (before the intervention); T1: Final characteristics (after the intervention); BMI: Body Mass Index; BIA: Electrical Bioimpedance; HOMAIR: Homeostatic Model of Iinsulin Resistance; LDL: LDL cholesterol; HDL: HDL cholesterol; TNF: Tumoral Necrosis Factor; CRP: c-Reactive Protein. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (Q1-Q3) according parimetry.Normality test: Kolmogorov- Smirnov, p<0.05
*a paired t-Student or paired Wilcoxon tests.
*b t-Student ou U-Mann- Whitney test to compare groups before the acai consumption
Table 1: Anthropometric, body composition, clinical, biochemical and inflammatory parameters before and after intervention with acai pulp in groups with IFN-? concentrations higher and smaller than 5 pg/mL