Evidence of Blood and Muscle Redox Status Imbalance in Experimentally Induced Renal Insufficiency in a Rabbit Model
Table 2
Blood redox status indices in the control and uremic groups.
Blood
Control group ()
95% confidence interval
Uremic group ()
95% confidence interval
Lower bound
Upper bound
Lower bound
Upper bound
Uric acid (mg/dl)
0.907
1.886
1.18
2.67
0.263
GSH (μmol/g protein)
10.448
14.412
14.12
20.88
0.033
GSSG (μmol/g protein)
0.016
0.039
0.028
0.067
0.110
Ratio (GSH/GSSG)
376.357
585.642
305.36
545.21
0.511
GR (U/g protein)
127.393
225.423
122.04
184.15
0.425
TAC (μmol DPPH/ml)
0.719
0.852
0.679
0.838
0.611
CAT (U/mg protein)
307.35
376.68
273.01
334.26
0.131
PC (nmol/mg protein)
0.427
0.780
0.491
0.748
0.888
TBARS (nmol/ml)
4.292
5.948
5.44
8.62
0.060
Data are presented as . The exact statistical significance value and the 95% confidence intervals are reported. GSH: reduced glutathione; GSSG: oxidized glutathione; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; CAT: catalase; PC: protein carbonyls; TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, statistical significance between the control and uremic groups, .
