Oxidative stress markers in controls and patients at admission
| Healthy controls | Mild acute pancreatitis | Severe acute pancreatitis | |
| Chemiluminescence (CL) (count/10 sec) | 383.5 (35.2) | 1129.6 (120.4)** | 2381.9 (232.0)** † |
| CL/PMN (count/10 sec/mm3) | 0.11 (0.01) | 0.20 (0.04) | 0.23 (0.02)** |
| Total ascorbic acid (TAA) (mg/l) | 11.5 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.4)** | 2.2 (0.3)** † |
| DHAA:TAA (%) | 17.4 (4.0) | 66.8 (5.2)** | 74.7 (6.8)** † |
| α- Tocopherol (mg/l) | 10.5 (1.2) | 10.1 (0.2) | 9.6 (0.4)3-150 |
| (mg/g TL) | 2.01 (0.02) | 1.97 (0.04) | 1.90 (0.04)3-150 |
| TBARS (nmol/ml) | 2.3 (0.1) | 4.0 (0.4)** | 6.2 (0.4)** † |
Values are means (SEM).
↵3-150 p<0.05; **p<0.01 v controls; †p<0.01 vmild acute pancreatitis.
PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocytes; DHAA, dehydroascorbic acid; TL, plasma total lipids; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances.