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. 2014 Apr 18;7(2):293–301. doi: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.02.18

Table 3. Comparisons of levels of oxidant biomarkers in the case-control study.

Parameters Non-diabetics without retinopathy All type 2 diabetics T2DM without DR T2DM with DR P
Lipid peroxidation
8-isoprostane (ng/mL) 39.9±18.6 81.9±43.8 73.9±48.6 92.1±34.7 <0.0001
TBARS (mmol/L) 4.4±1.4 8.9±4.2 9.1±5.2 8.7±2.5 <0.0001
OxLDL (U/L) 53.8±14.8 61.8±22.2 60.2±19.5 63.9±25.3 0.044
DNA oxidation
8-OHdG (mg/mL) 31.4±15.2 62.1±25.2 54.5±25.3 71.7±21.6 <0.0001
Catabolism of GSH
GGT (UI/L) 10.6±6.4 36.7±50.2 33.8±47.2 40.3±53.9 <0.0001

x±s, n (%)