Relationship between Higher Atherogenic Index of Plasma and Oxidative Stress of a Group of Patients Living with Sickle Cell Anemia in Cameroon

Table 5

Influence of gender and the age of sickle cell anemia detection on the stress profile.

	Gender	N	Mean ± SD	Duration SCA	N	Mean ± SD
MDA (μM)	Men	43	1.34 ± 1.63	≤1 year	23	1.61 ± 2.02
	Women	42	0.92 ± 0.79	>1 year	62	0.95^a ± 0.85
CAT (UI/mg protein)	Men	43	1.11 ± .47	≤1 year	23	1.16 ± 0.63
	Women	42	1.24 ± .63	>1 year	62	1.18 ± 0.53
SOD (UI/mg protein)	Men	43	0.76 ± .56	≤1 year	23	0.80 ± 0.86
	Women	42	1.03 ± 1.09	>1 year	62	0.93 ± 0.88
GsH (μM)	Men	43	4.42 ± 2.16	≤1 year	23	4.82 ± 2.77
	Women	42	4.03 ± 1.72	>1 year	62	4.00 ± 1.52
GPx	Men	43	0.51 ± .27	≤1 year	23	0.44 ± 0.20
	Women	42	0.65 ± 1.01	>1 year	62	0.63 ± 0.85
FRAP (μM)	Men	43	278.04 ± 81.28	≤1 year	23	255.16 ± 101.75
	Women	42	233.32^a±67.06	>1 year	62	256.24 ± 67.33

Results are expressed as mean ± SD. Values subscripted with different letters are significantly different in the same column . MDA = malondialdehyde; CAT = catalase, GPx = glutathione peroxidase, GsH = reduced glutathione, SOD = superoxide dismutase, FRAP = ferric reducing antioxidant power, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein, TC = total cholesterol, TG = triglyceride, and HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein.