Research Article

Prognostic Value of Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial or Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Table 3

Median (IQR) values of studied parameters of oxidative stress in PAH and CTEPH patients.

PAH ()CTEPH () value

TAC (mM)0.52 (0.36-0.71)0.64 (0.53-0.73)0.32
MDA (μM)2.91 (1.75-4.00)2.63 (0.89-3.93)0.59
CAT (U/L)1.33 (1.16-1.70)1.68 (1.22-2.56)0.16
SOD (%)79.16 (76.14-82.57)79.89 (77.23-85.13)0.34

PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; MDA: malondialdehyde; CAT: catalase activity; SOD: superoxide activity; value refers to Mann-Whitney test.