Association of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers with Metabolic Syndrome in Asian Indians in India

Table 3

Comparison of plasma levels of inflammatory and oxidative stress markers among subjects with and without metabolic syndrome.

Variable	Individuals with MetS	Individuals without MetS	𝑃-value
	Mean ± SEM (retransformed mean)
sPLA2 (pg/ml)	8.119 ± 0.046 (3357.6614)	7.963 ± 0.054 (2872.6780)	.028*
Interleukin 6 (pg/ml)	1.151 ± 0.064 (3.1613)	0.945 ± 0.076 (2.5728)	.039*
Myeloperoxidase (μg/L)	5.591 ± 0.042 (268.0034)	5.614 ± 0.049 (274.2390)	.723
Neopterin (nmol/L)	2.142 ± 0.038 (8.5164)	2.020 ± 0.044 (7.5383)	.036*
Fibrinogen (g/L)	1.468 ± 0.019 (4.3405)	1.431 ± 0.023 (4.1828)	.216
oxLDL (mU/L)	10.971 ± 0.027 (58162.72706)	10.789 ± 0.032 (48484.52724)	<.0001**
hsCRP (μg/ml)	1.024 ± 0.091 (2.7843)	0.515 ± 0.107 (1.6736)	<.0001**