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It  should  be  noted  that  oxidative  stress,  as  a  universal  mechanism  of  tissue  hypoxia  at  the  cellular  level, accompanied by non-enzymatic free radical oxidation and accumulation of lipid peroxidation products (LPO) in the blood, has attracted particular interest among medical professionals in our time. Research in the last decade has shown that there are all reasons to consider the activation of free radical LPO as a nonspecifi c component of physiological and pathological reactions characterizing the stress of activation of homeostasis maintenance systems.The aim of stady to establish the relationship between the impact of LPO processes, antioxidant defense, and membrane destruction of renal epithelium in children with dysmetabolic nephropathy.Materials and methods. Two groups of examined children were formed from the examined group, including those  with  dysmetabolic  nephropathy  and  secondary  urinary  tract  infections:  Group  I  -  52  individuals  in  whom  dysmetabolic nephropathy was complicated by the superimposition of infl ammatory processes in the kidneys and urinary tract - complicated DN (I-UDN), and Group II - 56 children with uncomplicated course of DN (II-DN), (a total of 108 children). The control group consisted of 65 healthy children. In children of all groups, the indicator of LPO process activity and the indicator of catalase activity in blood and urine were determined as a mechanism for regulating the antioxidant system of the body.Results. Against the intensifi cation of lipid peroxidation and membrane destruction processes in the bodies of children  with  DN,  the  possibilities  of  antioxidant  protection  are  exhausted,  which,  in  turn,  leads  to  even  greater  intensity of the LPO process. The catalase activity indicator in urine is an informative, reliable, and sensitive marker not only for the result of the impact of epigenetic factors on a child’s body but also a prognostic marker for a more severe course of dysmetabolic nephropathy in children.Conclusions.The revealed facts allow us to assert that against the background of intensifi  cation of lipoperoxidation and  membrane  destruction  processes  in  the  body  of  children  with  DN,  the  possibilities  of  antioxidant  protection  are  depleted,  which  in  turn  leads  to  an  even  greater  intensity  of  the  process  of  lipid  peroxidation.  And  the  index  of  catalase  activity  in  urine  is  an  informative,  reliable  and  sensitive  marker  not  only  of  the  result  of  the  impact  of  epigenetic  factors  on  the  child’s  body,  but  also  a  prognostic  marker  of  a  more  severe  course  of  dysmetabolic  nephropathy in children.