[Table/Fig-4]:
Correlations between the studied oxidative stress markers.
| Variables | Protein Carbonyls (nmol/l) |
Superoxide dismutase Activity (U/gm Hb) |
Glutathione peroxidase activity (mU/mL) |
Oxidant/ anti-oxidant ratio |
Copper (μmol/l) |
Zinc (μmol/l) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOD activity (U/gm Hb) |
r-value | -0.422 | |||||
| p-value | 0.009* | ||||||
| GPx activity (mU/mL) |
r-value | -0.426 | 0.935 | ||||
| p-value | 0.009* | <0.001* | |||||
| Oxidant/ anti-oxidant ratio | r-value | 0.911 | -0.701 | -0.720 | |||
| p-value | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | ||||
| Copper (μmol/l) | r-value | -0.413 | 0.953 | 0.903 | -0.685 | ||
| p-value | 0.011* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | |||
| Zinc (μmol/l) | r-value | -0.548 | 0.786 | 0.717 | -0.717 | 0.765 | |
| p-value | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | ||
| Selenium (ng/ml) | r-value | -0.422 | 0.849 | 0.847 | -0.646 | 0.866 | 0.756 |
| p-value | 0.009* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* |
*p-value <0.05 is considered statistically significant