Lipid Peroxidation, Nitric Oxide Metabolites, and Their Ratio in a Group of Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 3

	Control subjects	All MS patients
TBARS (nmol/mL)	5.902±1.211	8.983±0.722^§
NO𝑥 (nmol/mL)	28.07±18.83	79.82±29.22^§
TBARS/NO𝑥 ratio	0.363±0.311	0.128±0.049^§

Means ± S.D. of TBARS, NO_𝑥, and TBARS/NO_𝑥 ratio in control subjects and in all MS patients.
^§𝑃<0.001 versus control subjects (Student’s 𝑡-test).
MS: metabolic syndrome.
TBARS: thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances.
NO_𝑥: nitric oxide metabolites (nitrite + nitrate).