Research Article

Positive Relationship between Total Antioxidant Status and Chemokines Observed in Adults

Table 1

Basic characteristics of study participants.

VariablesDistribution

Mean (SD)

Age (years)48.3 (9.1)
BMI (kg/m2)23.7 (3.4)

(%)

Sex
 Male50 (48.1)
 Female54 (51.9)
Age groups
 ≤40 16 (15.4)
 40–5036 (34.6)
 >5052 (50.0)
BMI categories
 Underweight and normal (<24 kg/m2)63 (60.6)
 Overweight (24–28 kg/m2)30 (28.9)
 Obesity (≥28 kg/m2)11 (10.6)
Smoking status
 Smokers37 (35.6)
 Nonsmokers67 (64.4)
Alcohol drinking
 Drinkers34 (32.7)
 Nondrinkers70 (67.3)

Median (IQR)

GRO- (pg/mL)47.20 (25.35, 86.98)
IL-8 (pg/mL)40.01 (19.63, 92.89)
IP-10 (pg/mL)75.61 (58.40, 103.89)
MCP-1 (pg/mL)121.75 (90.56, 163.27)
RANTES (ng/mL)25.78 (18.89, 32.21)
MCP-2 (pg/mL)38.45 (27.42, 53.90)
Eotaxin-1 (pg/mL)146.02 (109.26, 192.29)
TARC (pg/mL)169.02 (108.40, 243.05)