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Table 5

The difference of plasma SOD and Trx levels between the control and OSAHS groups.

	Control group ()	OSAHS group ()	value
SOD (ng/ml)	312.7 (248.0–387.8)	78.2 (46.4–224.6)	≤0.001^b
Trx (ng/ml)	17.93 ± 9.6	11.5 ± 3.32	0.002^a

SOD, superoxide dismutase; Trx: thioredoxin. ^aStudent’s t-test (data are presented as mean ± SD). ^bMann–Whitney U test (data are presented as median (minimum-maximum)). .