The relationship between the acute changes in the systemic inflammatory response, lipid soluble antioxidant vitamins and lipid peroxidation following elective knee arthroplasty

The results of the present study indicate that, in apparently healthy subjects undergoing an acute inflammatory insult, circulating lipid soluble vitamin antioxidants are transiently reduced. However, when corrected for lipids the concentrations were similar to those of baseline. In the absence of an increase in lipid peroxidation such falls in plasma concentrations of lipid soluble vitamins are unlikely to be a reliable measure of status.