Serum malondialdehyde level in patients infected with Ascaris lumbricoides.

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.