Relationship between Estradiol and Antioxidant Enzymes Activity of Ischemic Stroke

Table 2

The mean ± SD values of the estradiol, ferritin and total antioxidant status, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and catalase of the males from stroke and control groups.

Parameter	Stroke (𝑛=15)	Control (𝑛=15)
Estradiol^† (pg/mL)	70±19.6	64.5±6.9
Superoxide dismutase^‡ (U/mL)	176.8±89.6 *	112.5±62.6
Glutathione peroxidase^‡ (U/L)	4107.9±3132.8	5791±3913
Glutathione reductase^# (U/g Hb)	2.51±1.98	3.7±1.92
Catalase^# (k/g Hb)	504.8±122.7	406.7±123.4
Total antioxidant status^† (mmol/L)	1.05±0.26	1.2±0.34
Ferritin^† (ng/mL)	111.9±60.5 *	73±35.3

^†In plsama, ^‡in whole blood, ^#in erythrocyte. *𝑃<.05.