Effects of dried tofu supplementation during interval walking training on the methylation of the NFKB2 gene in the whole blood of older women

Table 5 Methylation of the NFKB2 promoter region

	PLG (n = 16)		DTG (n = 14)		P value
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Group	Time	G × T
NFKB2 methylation, % cytosine methylated
Site 1	21.4 ± 1.6	23.2 ± 1.1	19.1 ± 2.2	22.9 ± 1.9	NS	NS	NS
Site 2	29.4 ± 2.1	32.8 ± 1.6	27.9 ± 2.9	32.5 ± 2.8*	NS	0.030	NS
Site 3	28.3 ± 2.0	31.4 ± 1.4	25.7 ± 2.6	31.0 ± 2.7*	NS	0.030	NS
Site 4	26.3 ± 2.1	30.2 ± 1.4*	24.4 ± 2.8	28.7 ± 2.3*	NS	0.031	NS
Site 5	27.8 ± 2.2	32.6 ± 1.5**	24.8 ± 2.8	31.4 ± 2.4**	NS	0.008	NS
Site 6	32.2 ± 2.2	34.1 ± 1.5	29.9 ± 3.0	33.2 ± 2.7	NS	NS	NS
Average of sites 1–6	27.6 ± 2.0	30.7 ± 1.4	25.3 ± 2.7	29.9 ± 2.4*	NS	0.035	NS

The values are the mean ± SE
Significant differences from the pre-training values, *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01
G × T interactive effects of group (G; PLG and DTG) and time (T; pre and post) on the variables by two-way ANOVA, NS not significantly different

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