XylitolEffect: Xylitol vs. Sugar - Blood Clotting

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Xylitol vs. Sugar - Blood Clotting

Description

Blood clotting measures with Xylitol and Sugar

Format

A data frame with 10 observations on the following 4 variables.

Subject

Subject ID number

Xylitol

Blood clotting measure after taking xylitol

Sugar

Blood clotting measure after taking sugar

Diff

Difference=Xylitol-Sugar

Details

Researchers were interested in how xylitol might affect bloood clotting. Ten subjects had a measure of blood clotting taken 30 minutes after ingesting a drink sweetened with xylitol (a sugar substitute) and again after a sugar-sweetened drink.

Source

Witkowski M, et al., “Xylitol is prothrombotic and associated with cardiovascular risk,” European Heart Journal, 45 (27), July 14, 2024.
Values are estimated from information given in the paper

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