Oxidative Stress and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Correlations between serum oxidative stress markers, mtDNA, and liver profiles.

	TBARS	Thiol	GPx	SOD	MtDNA	AST	ALT	rGT	Alk-P
TBARS	1	0.123	-0.002	-0.130	0.232	0.033	-0.001	0.009	0.053
	(x)	(0.228)	(0.982)	(0.202)	(0.024)	(0.748)	(0.996)	(0.933)	(0.604)
Thiol	0.123	1	-0.017	0.160	0.170	-0.131	-0.077	-0.082	0.114
	(0.228)	(x)	(0.864)	(0.111)	(0.099)	(0.194)	(0.447)	(0.416)	(0.260)
GPx	-0.002	-0.017	1	0.322	0.005	0.007	-0.089	0.012	-0.143
	(0.982)	(0.864)	(x)	(0.001)	(0.959)	(0.947)	(0.379)	(0.904)	(0.157)
SOD	-0.130	0.160	0.322	1	-0.141	-0.085	-0.161	-0.162	-0.065
	(0.202)	(0.111)	(0.001)	(x)	(0.169)	(0.400)	(0.109)	(0.107)	(0.522)
MtDNA	0.232	0.170	0.005	-0.141	1	-0.092	-0.107	-0.127	-0.079
	(0.024)	(0.099)	(0.959)	(0.169)	(x)	(0.374)	(0.298)	(0.216)	(0.442)

Values are expressed as Pearson correlation coefficient (P-value).
P < 0.05.
Abbreviations. TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; SOD, superoxide dismutase; MtDNA, mitochondrial DNA; AST, Aspartate Aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; rGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase; Alk-P, alkaline phosphatase.