Table 1:
Mean and standard deviations of enzymatic activity of SOD, CAT, GPx, TBARS and TNF-α in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy (MCC), chagasic patients without MCC (ECsinMCC) and normal controls (CN); and
p
-value (
p
).
MCC
ECsinMCC
CN
p
SOD(USOD/gHb)
3270±833
2590±188,
895±314
0.0000
CAT(K/gHb)
316±68
332±41
185±28
0.0014
GPx(U/gHb)
98±17
102±20
61±11
0.00026
TBARS(nmol/ml)
4.04±1.82
3.56±1.22
2.30±0.62
0.0154
TNF-α (pg/ml)
31,3±16,3
26,6±12,7
6,4±4,8
0.001895