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. 2013 Oct 17;12:152. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-152

Table 5.

Evaluation of oxidative stress

Variables SHR (n = 8) SHR-DM (n = 8) P value
Lipid hydroperoxide (nmol/ml)
8.80 ± 0.84
11.1 ± 1.04
0.001
Superoxide dismutase (U/mg)
687 ± 84
396 ± 50
0.001
Glutathione peroxidase (U/ml) 20.7 ± 1.98 17.6 ± 1.95 0.008

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. SHR: spontaneously hypertensive rats without diabetes mellitus; SHR-DM: SHR with diabetes mellitus. P value: result of statistical test (Student’s t test).