Lipid peroxidation in hemodialysis patients: Effect of vitamin C supplementation

Renal failure is associated with several metabolic disturbances and increasing evidences support a role of oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant defence in the pathologic mechanisms that may contribute to accelerated atherogenesis in these patients. Aim of the study was to further investigate the relationship between oxidative stress and chronic renal failure.We compared the paraoxonase (PON1) activity, the levels of lipid hydroperoxides and...