Myeloperoxidase-Related Chlorination Activity Is Positively Associated with Circulating Ceruloplasmin in Chronic Heart Failure Patients: Relationship with Neurohormonal, Inflammatory, and Nutritional Parameters

Figure 2

(a) Boxplots of serum MPO activity in Controls () and heart failure patients (NYHA class II , III , and IV ). One way ANOVA () showed a significant difference among the groups (Classes II, II, and IV versus Controls, ). (b) Boxplots of serum Ceruloplasmin in Controls () and heart failure patients (NYHA Classes II , III , and IV ). One way ANOVA () showed a significant difference among the groups (Classes IV and III versus Controls, ; Class IV versus Class II, ). (c) Scatterplots of Myeloperoxidase chlorinating activity against Ceruloplasmin in HF patients and age-matched Controls. = Spearman correlation coefficient.

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