Matriz of Pearson´s bivariate correlation coefficients detected between measured parameters in 18 subgroups of study (sequence similar the Figs. 1 and 2)
| iNOS | nNOS | eNOS | BH4 | NO | 3NT | GSH | CAT | SOD | GPx | GR | pGSH | EST | Parameters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| –0.52 |
0.55 |
0.75 |
–0.66 |
0.56 |
–0.51 |
iNOS | |||||||
| 0.57 |
nNOS | ||||||||||||
| 0.67 |
eNOS | ||||||||||||
| –0.51 |
BH4 | ||||||||||||
| –0.67 |
–0.74 |
0.75 |
–0.60 |
0.58 |
NO | ||||||||
| 0.72 |
–0.66 |
0.54 |
0.66 |
3NT | |||||||||
| –0.74 |
0.50 |
0.77 |
GSH | ||||||||||
| 0.57 |
–0.51 |
CAT | |||||||||||
| SOD | |||||||||||||
| –51 |
GPx | ||||||||||||
| –0.50 |
GR | ||||||||||||
| pGSH | |||||||||||||
| EST | |||||||||||||
NO, nitric oxide; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; iNOS, inducible NOS; eNOS, endothelial NOS; nNOS, neuronal NOS; BH4, tetrahydrobiopterin; 3NT, 3-nitrotyrosine; GSH, glutathione; pGSH, plasma GSH; CAT, catalase; SOD, superoxide dismutase; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; GR, glutathione reductase; EST, plasma estradiol. *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01.