Serum Superoxide Dismutase Is Associated with Vascular Structure and Function in Hypertensive and Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Pearson correlations between serum superoxide dismutase and parameters of vascular structure and function and cardiovascular risk.

	Superoxide dismutase
	All patients	DIA + HYP	DIA	HYP	Control
Intima-media thickness medium average	−0.08	0.06	0.45	−0.12	−0.22
Intima-media thickness maximum average	−0.06	0.06	0.41	−0.07	−0.22
Pulse wave velocity	−0.15	−0.06	−0.03	−0.16	0.25
Peripheral augmentation index	−0.16	−0.08	−0.09	−0.13	−0.37
Central augmentation index	−0.16	−0.01	−0.18	−0.10	−0.35
AASI	−0.19	−0.32	0.20	−0.24	−0.15
Pulse pressure	−0.17	−0.20	−0.07	−0.18	−0.19
D’Agostino cardiovascular risk	−0.03	−0.09	0.46	−0.06	−0.10
8-Hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine	−0.17	−0.29	0.21	−0.21	−0.22
Uric acid	0.19	0.19	0.25	0.20	0.28
HDL	−0.18	−0.10	−0.22	−0.18	−0.28
LDL	0.02	−0.06	0.40	0.13	−0.10
Triglycerides	0.19	0.19	0.44	0.20	0.25

AASI: ambulatory arterial stiffness index; DIA: diabetic nonhypertensive patients; DIA + HYP: diabetic hypertensive patients; HDL: cholesterol associated with high density lipoproteins; HYP: hypertensive patients; LDL: cholesterol associated with low density lipoproteins. Statistical significant differences: ; .