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Table 4 Variation of stress markers in healthy individuals with respect to sex

From: Oxidative profile of sickle cell patients in a Cameroonian urban hospital

 

Catalase (U/mg prot)

SOD (U/mg prot)

MDA (μM)

Peroxidase (U/mg prot)

NO (μM)

TAC (μM)

MDAa100/TAC

Healthy males

5.4 ± 1.2

1.4 ± 0.08

1.7 ± 0.07

0.039 ± 0.00

8.96 ± 0.8

0.59 ± 0.07

2.88

Healthy females

6.5 ± 0.08

1.6 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.05

0.04 ± 0.00

8.99 ± 0.4

0.70 ± 0.08

2.2

p- value

0.71

0.825

0.187

0.12

0.139

0.00612**

 
  1. SOD super oxide dismutase, MDA malondialdehyde, NO nitrogen oxide, TAC total antioxydant capacity, prot protein
  2. **Statistically significant