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Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease in Rural Populations of the Nilgiris, South India

Table 5

Levels of antioxidants and lipid peroxidase in patients with myocardial infarction according to social habits.
Social habitsSODCatalaseTBARSAscorbic acid
(U/mg protein)(U/mg protein)( 𝝁 moles of malondialdehyde/dL of serum)(mg/dL)
Smoker ( 𝑛 = 6 ) 1 . 5 0 ± 0 . 0 2 6 . 6 8 ± 0 . 1 7 2 1 4 . 1 6 ± 2 2 . 6 0 5 1 . 8 3 ± 1 1 . 0 5
Nonsmoker ( 𝑛 = 6 ) 1 . 5 6 ± 0 . 0 1 6 . 7 7 ± 0 . 1 0 1 9 5 . 6 2 ± 2 4 . 5 0 6 4 . 0 0 ± 1 4 . 0 4
Alcoholic ( 𝑛 = 4 ) 1 . 4 9 ± 0 . 0 2 6 . 7 2 ± 0 . 2 2 2 1 0 . 5 8 ± 2 5 . 6 0 5 3 . 7 5 ± 1 1 . 6 1
Nonalcoholic ( 𝑛 = 8 ) 1 . 5 6 ± 0 . 0 2 6 . 7 3 ± 0 . 1 0 2 0 2 . 1 1 ± 2 2 . 1 0 6 0 . 0 0 ± 9 . 4 7
Vegetarian ( 𝑛 = 1 ) 1 . 6 0 ± 0 . 0 3 6 . 5 8 ± 0 . 1 2 1 8 6 . 0 0 ± 2 0 . 2 0 5 5 . 0 1 ± 1 2 . 3 2
Nonvegetarian ( 𝑛 = 1 1 ) 1 . 5 3 ± 0 . 0 3 6 . 7 4 ± 0 . 1 4 2 0 6 . 6 2 ± 2 4 . 9 0 5 8 . 1 8 ± 1 0 . 6 2
Values are mean ± SEM.