Table 3.
Correlations between serum concentrations of oxidative status markers and clinical/biochemical parameters in children with obesity (N = 62).
| TOC | TAC | OSI | ox-LDL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | r | p value | |
| Duration of obesity | 0.32 | 0.01∗ | 0.15 | 0.2 | 0.17 | 0.2 | −0.16 | 0.2 |
| Age | 0.12 | 0.4 | 0.09 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.8 | −0.09 | 0.5 |
| BMI z-score | 0.03 | 0.8 | 0.15 | 0.2 | −0.09 | 0.4 | −0.15 | 0.2 |
| CRP | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.36 | 0.009∗ | −0.04 | 0.8 | 0.05 | 0.7 |
| Glucose | 0.06 | 0.7 | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.06 | 0.6 | −0.14 | 0.3 |
| Cholesterol total | −0.08 | 0.6 | −0.06 | 0.6 | −0.01 | 0.9 | 0.01 | 0.9 |
| HDL cholesterol | 0.01 | 0.9 | −0.04 | 0.7 | −0.04 | 0.8 | 0.10 | 0.5 |
| LDL cholesterol | −0.12 | 0.4 | −0.03 | 0.8 | −0.06 | 0.7 | 0.01 | 0.9 |
| Triglycerides | −0.03 | 0.8 | −0.07 | 0.6 | 0.09 | 0.5 | 0.07 | 0.6 |
r: Pearson's correlation coefficient; ∗p < 0.05; TOC: total oxidant capacity; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; ox-LDL: oxidized low-density lipoprotein; OSI: oxidative stress index; CRP: C-reactive protein.