The Beneficial Effects of Renal Transplantation on Altered Oxidative Status of ESRD Patients

Table 2

Markers of DNA status 24 h before and 6 months after RT.

	Healthy control	SEM	24 h before RT	SEM	6 months after RT	SEM	WCX	U-M	U-M
Oxidative DNA status
8-OHdG (ng/mL)	4.73	0.34	11.04	0.91	4.78	0.34	<0.001	<0.001	0.26
hOGG1 (ng/mL)	0.51	0.07	2.14	0.37	1.20	0.24	0.01	<0.001	0.03
Endogenous antioxidants
SOD (UI/mL)	10.22	0.93	24.09	1.58	16.96	1.55	0.15	0.001	0.01
GPx (U/min/mg protein)	39.01	1.58	24.14	2.53	30.38	3.16	<0.001

WCX: wilcoxon test, U-M: Mann-Whitney test.