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. 2009 Jun 29;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1745-6673-4-17

Table 2.

Biochemical characteristics of peripheral blood from the healthy volunteers and asthmatic patients.

	Healthy volunteers	Asthmatic Patients	p value
Eosinophils (10³/mm³)	0.13 ± 0.04	0.42 ± 0.17	< 0.0001

Neutrophils (10³/mm³)	3.11 ± 0.55	3.84 ± 0.74	0.0364

APO-A (mg/dL)	133.3 ± 19.93	165.0 ± 27.59	0.0150

MPO (U/mg)	24.17 ± 18.21	52.58 ± 25.44	0.0250

PON (nmol/mg APO-A)	0.07 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.02	0.0005

TBARS (μM)	157.6 ± 115.4	497.6 ± 234.3	0.0008

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.