The Effect of 600 mg Alpha-lipoic Acid Supplementation on Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and RAGE in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Oxidative stress markers at baseline and posttreatment by the study group.

Markers	Experimental; ()		Placebo; ()		Control; ()
	Baseline	Posttreatment	Baseline	Posttreatment	Baseline	Six months
8-Isoprostane (pg/mL)
SOD (UI/L)
GPx (UI/L)
TAS (μmol/L)
AOGAP (μmol/L)
SOD/GPx
RAGE

SOD: superoxide dismutase; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; TAS: total antioxidant status; AOGAP: antioxidant gap; SOD/GPx: SOD/GPx ratio; RAGE: receptor for advanced glycation end products; SE: standard error. Values are the . Repeated measure analysis of variance. Dunnett’s post hoc test. .