Research Article

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

Table 4

Median (IQR) values of studied parameters of oxidative stress in patients receiving or not prostacycline treatment.

Patients with PC ()Patients without PC () value

TAC (mM)0.48 (0.38-0.65)0.64 (0.42-0.76)0.15
MDA (μM)2.19 (1.63-3.35)3.32 (1.30-4.02)0.47
CAT (U/L)1.46 (1.16-1.90)1.29 (1.19-2.37)0.85
SOD (%)79.16 (74.79-82.48)79.89 (77.23-84.80)0.38

TAC: total antioxidant capacity; MDA: malondialdehyde; CAT: catalase activity; SOD: superoxide activity; PC: prostacyclines; value refers to Mann-Whitney test.