Allergic Contact Dermatitis Is Associated with Significant Oxidative Stress

Table 1

The levels of inflammatory markers and oxidative stress characteristics in the patients with acute/subacute allergic contact dermatitis covering approximately 5% of body surface as compared to healthy controls.

	Allergic contact dermatitis ()	Healthy controls ()
BMI kg/m^2	25.3 ± 5.5	24.8 ± 2.7*/23.8 ± 3.4**	—
hsCRP mg/L	1.96 ± 2.60	<1.0	ND
TNF-α pg/mL	6.32 ± 7.02	3.33 ± 0.95
IL-6 pg/mL	1.34 ± 1.83	0.81 ± 0.30
MCP-1 pg/mL	245.0 ± 105.1	190.9 ± 53.4
IL-10 pg/mL	0.53 ± 0.30	0.68 ± 0.28
TPX µmol/L	719.9 ± 322.5	169.1 ± 58.8
TAC mmolTE/L	1.32 ± 0.19	1.55 ± 0.23
OSI %	55.9 ± 26.5	11.00 ± 3.7

BMI: body mass index; hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; IL: interleukin; MCP: monocyte chemoattractant protein; TPX: total peroxide concentration; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; TE: Trolox equivalent; OSI: oxidative stress index.
*the value for cytokine control group.
**the value for OxS control group.
ND: not done.