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

Table 3 Lipid profile results of studied groups and reference values.

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
TC (mg.dL ^-1 )	147.27 ± 4.48		181.14 ± 5.38^a		< 200
	145.9 ± 7.9	148.9 ± 4.1	178.2 ± 6.2	182.7 ± 10.3
LDL-c (mg.dL ^-1 )	72.66 ± 4.37		115.89 ± 3.79^a		< 130
	69.4 ± 6.5	76.9 ± 5.6	117.5 ± 4.5	111.5 ± 7.0
HDL-c (mg.dL ^-1 )	55.90 ± 3.00		28.89 ± 1.92^a
	53.0 ± 3.9	61.0 ± 3.9	29.2 ± 2.9	28.7 ± 2.4	> 40	> 45
TG (mg.dL ^-1 )	90.70 ± 6.40		160.37 ± 9.28^a		< 150
	90.7 ± 6.3	85.4 ± 11.0	175.4 ± 11.9	131.9 ± 11.7 ^b
LDL-c/HDL-c	1.28 ± 0.11		4.48 ± 0.32^a		< 3.55
	1.3 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.2
TC/HDL-c	2.68 ± 0.15		7.12 ± 0.55^a		< 5
	2.8 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.3	7.3 ± 0.9	6.8 ± 0.6 ^b

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).
Abbreviations: TC: cholesterol total; LDL-c: LDL cholesterol; HDL-c: HDL cholesterol; TG: triglycerides.

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