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. 2012 Apr 19;2012:303654. doi: 10.1100/2012/303654

Table 2.

Redox characteristics according to risk factors burden.

All patients (n = 304) Group 0 (n = 81) Group 1 (n = 95) Group 2 (n = 80) Group 3 (n = 48)
Plasma total thiols (μm/L)
 Homocysteine 9.5 [7.4; 14.1] 9.0 [7.1; 10.9] 9.2 [7.4; 13.8] 11.5 [7.8; 18.6] 9.9 [7.5; 19.0]
 Cysteine 250 [210; 291] 228 [197; 269] 253 [203; 280] 260 [223; 305] 280 [230; 320]
 Cysteinylglycine 30.8 [23.9; 41.9] 32.7 [24.7; 43.4] 30.2 [24.0; 44.0] 31.1 [23.7; 37.6] 29.9 [22.4; 37.3]
 Glutathione 5.5 [4.1; 7.3] 5.9 [4.3; 8.0] 5.6 [4.0; 7.0] 5.4 [4.2; 7.3] 5.5 [3.7; 0.7.5]
Plasma reduced thiols (μm/L)
 Homocysteine 0.16 [0.10; 0.24] 0.13 [0.10; 0.21] 0.16 [0.10; 0.24] 0.19 [0.11; 0.29] 0.14 [0.07; 0.28]
 Cysteine 7.9 [5.7; 9.4] 7.9 [6.2; 9.0] 7.7 [5.7; 9.1] 7.9 [5.7; 10.0] 8.1 [5.7; 10.1]
 Cysteinylglycine 3.3 [2.1; 4.5] 3.5 [2.2; 5.3] 3.5 [2.1; 4.9] 3.3 [2.2; 4.3] 2.9 [1.4; 3.7]
 Glutathione 1.9 [1.3; 3.8] 1.9 [1.3; 3.9] 1.8 [1.1; 3.5] 2.1 [1.4; 4.2] 2.1 [1.3; 4.4]
Free malondialdehyde (μmol/L) 0.76 [0.47; 1.35] 0.62 [0.36; 0.89] 0.70 [0.45; 1.30] 0.94 [0.68; 1.33] 1.26 [0.65; 1.49]
Blood reduced glutathione (μmol/L) 655 [496; 824] 655 [451; 821] 705 [536; 859] 663 [454; 842] 569 [499; 771]

Data are expressed as median value and interquartile range [I; III].