Figure 2.

Levels of conjugated dienes and of carbonyl groups (oxidized proteins) in RBC membranes obtained from patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cirrhosis. The results are expressed as the mean ± SD for levels of conjugated dienes (a) and for nitrites (b), determined in isolated membranes from RBC obtained from control healthy volunteers (n = 60), patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 60), patients with cirrhosis (n = 70), and those from patients having the combination of both pathologies (n = 25). Symbols indicate experimental groups at the top of the figure. Statistics as indicated in Figure 1.