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Table 4 Comparison of oxidant and antioxidant parameters of alcohol and smoking patients

From: Relationship between hyperglycemia, antioxidant capacity and some enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants in African patients with type 2 diabetes

Parameters

DPNC (mean ± SD)

DPWC (mean ± SD)

P values

Alcohol

 SOD (U/mg of protein)

0.4190 ± 0.2484

0.2347 ± 0.07693

0.0314

 TAC (µmol/mg of protein)

141.93 ± 57.322

184.00 ± 42.294

0.0327

Smoking

 NO2 (µM)

199.60 ± 67.633

244.86 ± 16.249

0.0345

  1. DPNP diabetic patients without complications, DPWC diabetic patients with complications, SOD superoxide dismutase, TAC total antioxidant capacity