Table 4.

Paraoxonase activity and biochemical parameters in metastatic and non-metastatic lung cancer patients

	Nonmetastatic LC patients (n=19)	Metastatic LC patients (n=20)	P value
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	169.7 ± 57.6	160.7 ± 42.7	0.66
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	115.3 ± 45.8	116.6 ± 40.1	0.94
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	38.8 ± 28.5	31.1 ± 8.1	0.62
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	149.9 ± 55.7	133.2 ± 52.4	0.41
PON1 (U/mL)	245.6 ± 115.7	259.5 ± 94.9	0.70
ARE (U/L)	120 ± 47	153.9 ± 62.9	0.09

Values are mean ± S.D. LC: Lung cancer, PON1: paraoxonase, ARE: arylesterase