Oxidative Stress Markers Differ in Two Placental Dysfunction Pathologies: Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Table 4

Median and interquartile range of the entire study population.

	PIH	IUGR	Controls
Plasma GPx (U/ml)	29.9 (11)^a	29.1 (8.6)^a	28.8 (7.8)^a
Plasma GST (U/ml)	29.8 (6.0)^a	27.8 (9.5)^a	28 (8.0)^a
Plasma ORAC (mM)	17 (16)^ab	20 (30)^a	12 (13)^b
Plasma MDA (μM)	1.2 (1.3)^ab	1.22 (0.84)^a	1.53 (0.70)^b
Salivary ALDH^1 (U/g)	0.24 (0.40)^a	0.34 (1.1)^b	0.24 (0.36)^a
Saliva ORAC (mM)	1.8 (2.6)^ab	4.2 (4.1)^a	1.5 (1.5)^b
Blood ALDH^1 (mU/g Hb)	7.1 (3.2)^b	2.3 (5.9)^a	4.7 (4.7)^b
Saliva MDA (μM)	0.32 (0.21)^a	0.29 (0.34) ^a	0.34 (0.18)^a

^abcHomogenous group according to the Kruskal Wallis test. ¹Salivary ALDH and blood ALDH are different isoforms of the aldehyde dehydrogenase (i.e., isoforms 3 and 1, respectively) with different substrate specificities.