Gender-Specific Association of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Arab Population

Table 2

Circulating levels of the inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in the studied Arab population.

Markers	Females; ()	Males; ()	value
CRP (g/mL)	4.53 (0.01–21.9)	2.10 (0.01–18.2)	<0.0001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	6.45 (1.7–36.2)	6.60 (1.3–121.5)	0.2851
IL-8 (pg/mL)	7.9 (2.8–177.5)	8.8 (3.5–56.6)	0.0032
TNF- (pg/mL)	30.7 (4.6–151.8)	32.5 (1.7–355.4)	0.2461
ROS (mM)	1665.2 (906.4–3071.3)	1424.8 (850.9–2703.1)	<0.0001
TBARS (M)	1.24 (0.29–5.05)	0.94 (0.23–3.41)	<0.0001
PON1 (U)	0.25 (0.08–0.56)	0.24 (0.04–0.44)	0.1361

Results are reported as median (range).