Table 3.

Oxidative stress parameters in femur bone tissue

	C (n=6) Mean±SD (min–max)	O (n=7) Mean±SD (min–max)	OV (n=7) Mean±SD (min–max)	p*	C-O (p**)	C-OV (p**)	O-OV (p**)
MDA (nM/mg prt)	12.85±6.01 (3.58–20.76)	24.21±10.21 (5.35–35.27)	12.63±3.56 (8.55–18.58)	0.036	0.032	0.775	0.025
t-SH (?M/g prt)	113.33±57.14 (40–212)	76.0±42.06 (24–140)	96.0±42.45 (58–187)	0.336	0.199	0.250	0.562
NO (?M/g prt)	8.32±1.75 (5.19–9.9)	16.03±6.73 (7.04–26.36)	8.78±1.69 (6.24–11.24)	0.023	0.022	0.668	0.018
SOD (U/mg prt)	2.28±0.57 (1.5–2.78)	3.85±1.25 (2.44–5.88)	2.50±0.44 (1.55–2.92)	0.049	0.032	0.668	0.048
CAT (nM/min/mg prt)	40.83±5.10 (35.9–49.3)	38.34±14.78 (21.4–65.3)	36.26±9.79 (19.7–52.4)	0.448	0.390	0.253	0.749
GPx (U/g prt)	16.25±4.35 (12.15–24.02)	17.85±6.01 (12.84–29.86)	14.80±2.82 (11.87–20.31)	0.490	0.668	0.475	0.225

C: Control, O: Ovariectomy, OV: Ovariectomy +vitamin C

Mean±SD: Mean± standard deviation, min–max: minimum–maximum

^*Statistical significance was set at p<0.05 with Kruskal–Wallis test

^**Statistical significance was set at p<0.033 with Bonferroni-adjusted Mann–Whitney U test