Effects of N-Acetylcysteine and N-Acetylcysteine Amide on Erythrocyte Deformability and Oxidative Stress in a Rat Model of Lower Extremity Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Table 1

Comparison of erythrocyte deformability values between the groups.

	Control (1) mean ± SD (n = 6)	Ischemia (2) mean ± SD (n = 6)	NAC (3) mean ± SD (n = 6)	NACA (4) mean ± SD (n = 6)	Test statistics	Source of difference (pairwise comparisons)
Erythrocyte deformability	1.61 ± 0.23	2.247 ± 0.18	1.65 ± 0.31	1.77 ± 1.14	F(3.20) = 10.381; ω^2 = 0.54	1-2 (); 1–3 (); 1–4 (); 2-3 () (r = 0.72); 2–4 () (r = 0.64); 3-4 ()

One-way ANOVA statistics values 1–4. The mean significant difference at the level of 0.05. (). Omega squared effect size index. Pearson correlation coefficient effect size index.