Table 2.

Cholesterol concentration, level of lipid peroxidation and membrane fluidity in erythrocytes for control and MS patients groups

Parameter	Control group	MS patients	p
Total cholesterol content (mg CH/ml packed cell)	2.82 ± 0.64 (n = 56)	4.09 ± 1.19 (n = 80)	0.001
Lipid peroxidation (µmol TBARS/g Hb)	0.329 ± 0.078 (n = 73)	0.453 ± 0.140 (n = 82)	0.001
TMA–DPH fluorescent anisotropy (r)	0.308 ± 0.019 (n = 22)	0.339 ± 0.047 (n = 28)	0.01
DPH fluorescent anisotropy (r)	0.271 ± 0.022 (n = 22)	0.297 ± 0.032 (n = 28)	0.005