Relationship between Inflammation and Oxidative Stress and Cognitive Decline in the Institutionalized Elderly

Table 3

Exogenous antioxidants in the studied groups of the elderly.

Analyte	Institutionalized ()	Noninstitutionalized ()	Reference value
Lycopene (µmol L^−1)	0.53 ± 0.04^b	0.86 ± 0.06	0.4–0.6
β-Carotene (µmol L^−1)	0.62 ± 0.06^a	0.77 ± 0.07	0.19–1.58
Retinol (µmol L^−1)	2.41 ± 0.11^b	3.32 ± 0.16	1.05–2.80
α-Tocopherol (µmol L^−1)	29.70 ± 1.17^b	37.70 ± 1.79	12–42
Vitamin C (mg L^−1)	7.35 ± 0.64	7.93 ± 0.78	4–15

The values were adjusted for age and expressed as mean ± SEM.
According to Burtis et al., Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, St. Louis: Saunders/Elsevier, 2008 [32].
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