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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 6

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