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Serum malondialdehyde level in patients infected with Ascaris lumbricoides
Eser Kilic1, Süleyman Yazar, Recep Saraymen
1Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Erciyes, University, Kayseri, Turkey. kiliceser@hotmail.com
Aim:
The aim of the study was to investigate the changes of serum malondialdehyde level, i.e; the oxidative stress hypothesis in patients infected with Ascaris lumbricoides.
Methods:
Serum malondialdehyde activity was measured in 43 patients who were positive for intestinal parasite of Ascaris lumbricoides. Scores were obtained for the positives and their age-and sex-matched 60 Ascaris lumbricoides negative healthy controls.
Results:
The difference between malondialdehyde levels of patients infected with Ascaris lumbricoides and control group was statistically significant both for females (P<0.05) and for males (P<0.05). In the patient and control groups, no correlation was found between age and malondialdehyde levels (P>0.05) both in females and in males. In addition, no significant correlation could be found between malondialdehyde levels of both females and males for patients and control groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
Malondialdehyde levels clearly increase in patients infected with Ascaris lumbricoides.
