Table 4 Antioxidative status in the study groups

SOD (U.ml^-1)

82.10 ± 1.53

70.08 ± 4.20*

80.12 ± 0.38#

GSH-Px (U.ml^-1)

5.92 ± 0.53

4.12 ± 0.3*

4.08 ± 0.06*

Catalase (U.ml^-1)

85.45 ± 4.74

80.18 ± 1.32

65.78 ± 3.45**#

Nitric oxide (μmol.L^-1)

22.53 ± 7.24

30.57 ± 8.7*

20.52 ± 1.58

Albumins (g.L^-1)

32.95 ± 0.25

30.78 ± 1.18*

29.50 ± 0.07*

Urate (μmol/L)

513.94 ± 171.61

382.09 ± 66.07***

349.63 ± 167.2***

Bilirubin (μmol/L)

6.29 ± 2.60

5.01 ± 0.60

8.39 ± 6.76

Iron (μmol/L)

33.08 ± 7.71

55.17 ± 1.53 ***

40.59 ± 3.07###

CRP (mg L^-1)

6.5 ± 0.2

8.2 ± 0.2*

8.8 ± 0.8*