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; 𝑛=57	Grade 1; 𝑛=65	Grade 2; 𝑛=60	Grades 3 and 4; 𝑛=68
Glutathione (mg/mL)	51.41 ± 4.52	40.90 ± 5.51	23.36 ± 5.0; 0.59	11.75 ± 3.23	𝐹=1173.572; 𝑃<0.001	All significant
SOD (μmoL/mL)	6.52 ± 0.72	4.78 ± 0.68	1.31 ± 0.89	0.35 ± 0.41	𝐹=1351.690; 𝑃<0.001	All significant
Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL)	87.60 ± 8.21	76.31 ± 5.70	51.70 ± 9.69	30.30 ± 11.56	𝐹=593.930; 𝑃<0.001	All pairs
Ascorbic acid (mg/L)	54.22 ± 8.46	31.41 ± 6.70	13.34 ± 2.94	10.69 ± 1.91	𝐹=1001.035; 𝑃<0.001	All pairs