. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 2.

Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jan;123(1):146–152.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.10.047

TABLE E3.

Biomarkers of oxidant stress in children without asthma excluded from data analysis

	Pediatric controls included in data analysis (n = 6)	Pediatric subjects excluded from data analysis (n = 7)
GSH (μmol/L)^*	231 ± 218	23 ± 16^*
GSSG (μmol/L)	29 ± 30	48 ± 47
GSH + GSSG (μmol/L)^*	260 ± 219	71 ± 55^*
% GSSG	16 ± 14	61 ± 23^*
E_h GSH:GSSG (mV)^b	−147 ± 30	−82 ± 21^*
H₂O₂ (μmol/L)^*	6 ± 7	11 ± 6^*
MDA (μmol/L)^*	20 ± 10	41 ± 12^*
8-Isoprostanes (μmol/L)	205 ± 100	273 ± 17

Data are expressed per mL of ELF and represent the means ± SDs. Differences between groups were analyzed with nonparametric Mann-Whitney U statistics.

P < .05 vs pediatric controls included in data analysis.