Research Article

Markers of Oxidant-Antioxidant Equilibrium in Patients with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Table 2

Statistically significant correlation coefficients between the parameters measured in the patients with SSNHL (studied group).

Parameters

Before HBO therapyTBARS in plasma/SOD0.458
TBARS in erythrocytes/SOD−0.318
CAT/GPx0.395
~5 min after firstTBARS in plasma/SOD0.365
HBO sessionCAT/GPx0.317
After 14 HBO sessionsSOD/GPx0.356

TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; CAT: catalase; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; SOD: superoxide dismutase. . .