Review Article

Salivary and Urinary Total Antioxidant Capacity as Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Humans

Table 1

Infection and oral and renal status.

ReferencesCase-control studiesSalivary TAC
percentage ()
Urinary TAC
percentage ()
Treatment effect
percentage ()

[98, 112, 130, 148, 149]Infection 100% (3/3) (100%, 2/2)Salivary TAC
HAART in HIV+

[16, 45, 47, 60, 61, 64, 72, 73, 75, 78, 84, 90, 99, 103, 104, 122, 124, 125] Caries↑ 81.2% (13/16)
6.3% (1/16)
↓ 12.5% (2/16)
Dental hygiene procedures
 ↑ 100% (3/3)

[26, 28, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 44, 52, 53, 66, 68, 76, 87, 89, 95, 96, 100, 101, 110, 114, 115] Periodontitis 66.7% (14/21)
23.8% (5/21)
9.5% (2/21)
Dental hygiene procedures or scaling and root planing
50% (3/6)
50% (3/6)

[1315, 17, 2224, 29, 36, 49, 83, 88, 92, 113, 128]Severe oral diseases 66.7% (10/15)
26.7% (4/15)
6.6% (1/15)

[30, 31, 86, 142, 154, 158, 162, 179]Renal diseases 50% (2/4)
50% (2/4)
60% (3/5)
20% (1/5)
20% (1/5)

HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; : increase; : decrease; : unchanged.