Table 2.

Plasma markers of oxidant stress and inflammation in the present study

	Age, weeks	LZR	OZR
N-tyrosine, ng/ml	7	8 ± 2	12 ± 3
	10	10 ± 2	22 ± 3*
	13	14 ± 3	41 ± 5*
	17	16 ± 4	54 ± 6*
	20	20 ± 3	56 ± 7*
sVCAM, pg/ml	7	8 ± 1	9 ± 1
	10	10 ± 1	14 ± 2
	13	11 ± 1	21 ± 3*
	17	12 ± 2	27 ± 4*
	20	13 ± 3	29 ± 5*
TNF-α, pg/ml	7	1.6 ± 0.4	4.0 ± 1.0*
	10	2.4 ± 0.4	9.9 ± 0.9*
	13	2.8 ± 0.3	11.4 ± 1.8*
	17	3.2 ± 0.4	13.4 ± 1.6*
	20	3.4 ± 0.5	13.2 ± 1.7*
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, pg/ml	7	29 ± 5	35 ± 6
	10	32 ± 6	65 ± 8*
	13	35 ± 6	91 ± 11*
	17	38 ± 5	102 ± 12*
	20	40 ± 6	114 ± 11*
sICAM, pg/ml	7	28 ± 5	40 ± 6
	10	29 ± 7	63 ± 5*
	13	34 ± 6	64 ± 6*
	17	38 ± 5	72 ± 7*
	20	42 ± 5	80 ± 7*

^*P < 0.05 vs. LZR.