Prooxidant-Antioxidant Balance in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Its Relationship with Clinical and Laboratory Findings

Table 1

Demographic and laboratory characteristics of SLE patients and healthy controls.

Parameters	SLE patients	Healthy controls	value
Sex (M/F)	54/6	53/7	1
Age (years)	30.6 ± 7.8	31.1 ± 7.5	0.7
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.1 ± 1	12.7 ± 1.7	<0.0001
RBC (×1.000000/mL)	4.3 ± 0.6	4.7 ± 0.64	0.0002
WBC (×1.000/mL)	7.1 ± 2.3	7.3 ± 1.8	0.6
Platelets (×1.000/mL)	199.6 ± 67.4	223.8 ± 48.7	0.03
Hematocrit (%)	34.1 ± 2.8	37.8 ± 4.7	<0.0001
ESR (mm/h)	36.1 ± 15.9	18.6 ± 7.3	<0.0001
PAB (HK unit)	147.3 ± 42	84.8 ± 32.2	<0.001

F: female; M: male; Hb: hemoglobin; RBC: red blood cells; WBC: white blood cells; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate.