Research Article
Free Radicals and Antioxidant Status in Protein Energy Malnutrition
Table 3
Serum antioxidants in cases of malnutrition and control.
|
Parameters | Mean ± SD |
Intergroup comparison one way ANOVA |
Post Hoc test significant pairs | Control
| Grade 1
| Grade 2
| Grades 3 and 4
|
| Glutathione (mg/mL) | 51.41 ± 4.52 | 40.90 ± 5.51 |
23.36 ± 5.0 0.59 | 11.75 ± 3.23 |
| All significant | SOD (μmoL/mL) | 6.52 ± 0.72 | 4.78 ± 0.68 | 1.31 ± 0.89 | 0.35 ± 0.41 |
| All significant | Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL) | 87.60 ± 8.21 | 76.31 ± 5.70 | 51.70 ± 9.69 | 30.30 ± 11.56 |
| All pairs | Ascorbic acid (mg/L) | 54.22 ± 8.46 | 31.41 ± 6.70 | 13.34 ± 2.94 | 10.69 ± 1.91 |
| All pairs |
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