Table 4.

Level of GSH and activities of antioxidant enzymes in control and MS patient groups

Parameter	Control group	MS patients	p
GSH concentration μmol GSH/ml packed cell	1.37 ± 0.37 (n = 75)	1.26 ± 0.29 (n = 74)	0.05
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity U/g Hb	20.91 ± 4.65 (n = 65)	18.25 ± 4.72 (n = 82)	0.001
Catalase (CAT) activity U/mg Hb	261.1 ± 64.2 (n = 70)	261.6 ± 60.3 (n = 80)	NS
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity U/g Hb	2856 ± 644 (n = 73)	2770 ± 621 (n = 82)	NS

NS Non-statistical significant