Table 3.

Correlations between coenzyme Q10 level and vitamin E, oxidative stress, antioxidant enzymes activity and inflammation in HCC patients after supplementation

	Coenzyme Q10 level (μM) r a (p values)
vitamin E (μM)	0.30 (0.01)
Oxidative stress
MDA (μM)	−0.43 (0.01)
Antioxidant enzymes activity
SOD (U/mg protein)	0.31 (0.01)
CAT (U/mg protein)	0.24 (< 0.05)
GPx (U/mg protein)	0.25 (0.04)
Inflammatory markers
hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.12 (0.49)
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.01 (0.96)
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.00 (0.99)

CAT Catalase activity, MDA Malondialdehyde, GPx glutathione peroxidase, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, SOD superoxide dismutase, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α

^acorrelation coefficient