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

Table 5

	Control subjects	MS patients with low TG/HDL index	MS patients with high TG/HDL index	𝐹
TBARS (nmol/mL)	5.902±1.211	8.902±0.581^§	9.063±0.838^§	179.6^1
NO𝑥 (nmol/mL)	28.07±18.83	72.67±27.34^§	86.97±29.54^§#	61.9^1
TBARS/NO𝑥 ratio	0.363±0.311	0.140±0.057^§	0.115±0.035^§	28.9^1

Means ± S.D. of TBARS, NO_𝑥, and TBARS/NO_𝑥 ratio in control subjects and in MS patients subdivided according to the TG/HDL index.
¹𝑃<0.001 (ANOVA).
^§𝑃<0.001 versus control subjects (Bonferroni’s test).
^#𝑃<0.05 versus MS patients with low TG/HDL index (Bonferroni’s test).
MS: metabolic syndrome.
TBARS: thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances.
NO_𝑥: nitric oxide metabolites (nitrite + nitrate).