Sera from Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients Display Oxidative Activity and Affect the TNF-α Production by Macrophages In Vitro

Table 2

Oxidant activity of 15 zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) sera and 15 healthy individuals’ sera on the β-carotene and linoleic acid and linoleic acid system.

Number of individuals	Oxidant activity (%)		Concentrations of HDL fraction (mg/dL)
	ZLV patients	Healthy; individuals	LV patients	Healthy; individuals
1	93	32	7	37
2	52	33	5	36
3	86	24	7	39
4	85	23	6	41
5	26	36	18	32
6	52	30	8	34
7	11	51	16	48
8	41	32	9	59
9	25	36	15	32
10	27	32	10	37
11	51	21	7	53
12	94	29	6	42
13	30	48	9	58
14	92	34	5	35
15	25	42	11	31
Mean

Correlation between oxidant activity of the ZLV patients’ sera and concentrations of HDL fraction as determined by Spearman test, , . Mean concentration in mg·dL⁻¹ ± standard deviation of the mean.