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Table 1 Biomarkers of oxidative metabolism (A - E) in the SB and SF subsets of 154 IRCU male patients

From: Idiopathic recurrent calcium urolithiasis (IRCU): pathophysiology evaluated in light of oxidative metabolism, without and with variation of several biomarkers in fasting urine and plasma - a comparison of stone-free and -bearing male patients, emphasizing mineral, acid-base, blood pressure and protein status

 

Codea A*

B

C

D

E

SB:

     

   nb

75

75

75

65

65

   Range of values

159-535

27-315

74-1051

48-548

132-1606

Mean

355

132

312

132

389

   Age; y

43.0 (1.9)c

42.7 (1.9)

42.7 (1.8)

42.4 (2.0)

42.6 (2.0)

   BMI; kg/(m)2

26.5 (0.4)

26.6 (0.4)

26.5 (0.4)

26.6 (0.4)

26.6 (0.4)

   ASFP: score

40 (6)

40 (6)

40 (6)

40 (7)

41 (7)

SF:

     

   n

79

79

79

52

52

   Range of values

217-593

25-345

86-902

28-489

87-1338

Mean

360

131

384

140

390

p-value

0.18

0.24d

0.17d

O.32d

0.20d

   Age; y

40.7(1.8)

40.4 (1.8)

40.6 (1.8)

42.8 (2.2)

42.6 (2.2)

   BMI; kg/(m)2

26.1 (0.4)

26.1 (0.5)

26.1 (0.4)

26.4 (0.5)

26.3 (0.5)

   ASFP; score

35 (5)d

34 (5)d

34 (6)d

32 (6)d

32 (7)d

  1. For other abbreviations and further informations see footnotes and text.
  2. a: Code (siibslance(s), abbreviation, dimension, median) as follows:
  3. A - Uric acid in plasma, P-UA, μM l-1, 348
  4. B - Malonedialdehyde in urine, U-MDA, nM/2 h, 123
  5. C - Urinary malonedialdebyde/plasma uric acid, U-MDA/P-UA, nM/mM 1-1 , 337
  6. D - Urinary nitrate, U-NIT, μM/2 h, 120
  7. E - Urinary nitrate/plasma uric acid, U-NIT/P-UA, μM/mM-l-1, 332
  8. b: number of patients per marker
  9. c: data are mean (SE)
  10. d: statistical comparison with SB based on logio data
  11. *: in codes A - E the limits of normalcy in 10 healthy male vokinleers of the authors' laboratory are: < 420 (A); < l 10 (B); < 375 (C); < 314 (D); < 1170 (E).