Antioxidant activities in red blood cell lysate in nonsmall cell lung cancer(NSCLC) patients and control subjects according to smoking status
| Smoking status | Controls | NSCLC | p-value# | |
| Catalase | ||||
| mU·(gHb)-1 | ES | 26.4 (17.2–34.3) | 7.6 (4.5–16.2) | 0.45 |
| n | 78 | 105 | ||
| SOD | ||||
| U·(gHb)-1 | ES | 48.8 (21.9–70.7) | 16.5 (8.8–31.6) | <0.001 |
| n | 78 | 104 | ||
| GPx | ||||
| mU·(gHb)-1 | ES | 46.5 (38.7–58.6) | 166.7 (103.6–275.1) | <0.001 |
| n | 74 | 105 | ||
| Catalase | ||||
| mU·(gHb)-1 | NS | 19.0 (14.0–27.7) | 8.0 (4.2–14.2) | 0.90 |
| n | 124 | 84 | ||
| SOD | <0.001 | |||
| U·(gHb)-1 | NS | 48.7 (30.1–62.3) | 12.6 (9.2–23.5) | |
| n | 124 | 82 | ||
| GPx | ||||
| mU·(gHb)-1 | NS | 50.9 (39.7–60.0) | 189.9 (142.7–335.0) | <0.001 |
| n | 107 | 81 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. Hb: haemoglobin; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; ES: ever-smokers; NS: nonsmokers. #Adjusted for age and sex.