Evaluation of Salivary and Serum Total Antioxidant Capacity and Lipid Peroxidation in Postmenopausal Women

Table 1

TAC¹ and MDA² of saliva and serum of the postmenopausal and premenopausal women.

	Premenopausal women (control), n : 48; Mean ± standard deviation Median (IQR)^3	Postmenopausal women (case), n : 50; Mean ± standard deviation Median (IQR)	value
TAC serum (μM)	846.04 ± 152.56	643.31 ± 280.61
	878.3 (809.5–927.5)	752.7 (330.8–883.1)
MDA serum (μM)	11.98 ± 8.91	12.97 ± 4.24
	10.41 (8.67–13.05)	12.58 (10.45–14.52)
TAC saliva (μM)	474.55 ± 185.66	460.63 ± 222.87	0.64	Mann–Whitney test was used
	433.6 (352–566.2)	453.6 (281.6–679.5)
MDA saliva (μM)	6.13 ± 6.30	3.81 ± 2.05	0.08
	3.72 (2.61–7.14)	3.2 (2.25–4.57)

¹Total antioxidant capacity. ²Malondialdehyde. ³Interquartile range. value is significant.