Lipid Peroxidation and Paraoxonase-1 Activity in Celiac Disease
Table 1
Clinical characteristics and levels of serum lipids in healthy subjects, celiac patients at diagnosis (CD patients) and celiac patients treated with a gluten-free diet (GFD patients). Data are given as means ± S.D.
Healthy subjects ()
Celiac patients ()
CD patients()
GFD patients ()
Serum t-TGa (U/mL)
*
*#
Damage of intestinal mucosab
0
*
*#
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)
±
Serum cholesterol (mg/dL)
Serum HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
Serum LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
at-TG: antitransglutaminaseantibodies. bDamage of intestinal mucosa was classified according to Marsh parameters and each stage was given a score from 0 (normal mucosa) to 5 (total villous atrophy).
* versus healthy subjects; # versus CD patients.