Free Radicals and Antioxidant Status in Protein Energy Malnutrition

Table 2

Oxidants in different grades of PEM.

Parameters	Mean ± SD				Intergroup comparison of one way ANOVA	Post HOC Test significant pairs
	Control	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grades 3 and 4
MDA (μmoL/L)	0.46 ± 0.05	0.80 ± 0.07	1.80 ± 0.07	2.54 ± 0.52	𝐹=605.395; 𝑃<0.001	All significant
PC (nmoL/mg)	13.99 ± 1.53	14.91 ± 1.48	31.27 ± 7.72	38.81 ± 10.24	𝐹=241.998; 𝑃<0.001	All significant