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

Table 4

	Control subjects	MS patients without DM	MS patients with DM	𝐹
TBARS (nmol/mL)	5.902±1.211	8.834±0.628^§	9.200±0.801^§	185.8^1
NOx (nmol/mL)	28.07±18.83	80.99±33.93^§	78.10±20.76^§	55.1^1
TBARS/NO𝑥 ratio	0.363±0.311	0.129±0.057^§	0.125±0.033^§	28.5^1

Means ± S.D. of TBARS, NO_𝑥, and TBARS/NO_𝑥 ratio in control subjects and in MS patients subdivided into nondiabetics and diabetics.
¹𝑃<0.001 (ANOVA).
^§𝑃<0.001 versus control subjects (Bonferroni’s test).
MS: metabolic syndrome.
DM: diabetes mellitus.
TBARS: thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances.
NO_𝑥: nitric oxide metabolites (nitrite + nitrate).