Free radicals and antioxidant status in acute myocardial infarction patients with and without diabetes mellitus
Journal: Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin
Year: 2010

In this study we investigated the oxidative stress, antioxidants and inflammatory molecules in patients of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with diabetes (n = 50) and non-diabetes (n = 50). Fifty healthy subjects were taken as control. The levels of plasma TBARS and ceruloplasmin levels were significantly high in diabetic and non-diabetic AMI patients as compared with control. On the other hand, the activities of both enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants were significantly decreased in diab