The relationships between exogenous and endogenous antioxidants with the lipid profile and oxidative damage in hemodialysis patients

Table 2 Hematological and biochemical analysis.

Parameters	Healthy Subjects (n = 20)		Hemodialysis Patients (n = 29)		Reference Values⁵⁷
	Men (n = 10)	Women (n = 10)	Men (n = 19)	Women (n = 10)	Men	Women
Hemoglobin (g.dL ^-1 )	14.90 ± 0.50		9.92 ± 0.29^{a, c}
	16.5 ± 0.4	12.8 ± 0.1	10.0 ± 0.4^c	9.7 ± 0.5^c	12 - 18	11 - 16
Hematocrit (%)	43.20 ± 1.20		30.54 ± 4.73 ^{a, c}
	46.9 ± 0.8	38.0 ± 0.8	30.8 ± 1.2 ^c	29.8 ± 1.4^c	39 - 53	35 - 47
Albumin (g.dL ^-1 )	3.98 ± 0.06		3.15 ± 0.03 ^{a, c}		3.4 - 5.0
	4.02 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.05	3.2 ± 0.03 ^c	3.1 ± 0.05 ^c
Creatinine (mg. dL ^-1 )	0.68 ± 0.07		10.17 ± 0.62 ^{a, b}		0.8 - 1.3
	0.89 ± 0.06	0.39 ± 0.03	11.5 ± 0.08	8.40 ± 0.83
Urea (mg. dL ^-1 )	27.40 ± 1.60		164.55 ± 7.46 ^{a, b}		15 - 39
	28.96 ± 2.55	25.29 ± 1.36	171.10 ± 10.10	160.21 ± 11.73

The values are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).
^a p < 0.05 when compared with healthy subjects; ^b Inter gender difference (p < 0.05); ^c Below to reference value.

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