... males. The assay is linear up to 500ng/ml without prior dilution. Intra-assay and in-ter-assay precisions are %2 and %1,6 ( Control 1: 143,9 ng/ml) and %1,6 and %0,8 (Control 2: 449,8) respec-tively. ... correlated with total antioxidant capacity (r= -0.29, p=0.04). Elevated LP-PLA2 levels and decreased total antioxidant activities were found in the highest arousal quartile compared with the lowest and ... independently related with increased risk for hypertension, ischemic stroke, and myocardial ischemia [1-3]. The mecha-nisms of the increased cardiac and vascular events in patients with OSA are not...