Table 2. The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD1), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx1) in IBD patients and healthy subjects.

	Control; n = 30	IBD; n = 23	P-value
SOD, U/gHb/100ml	2791.1 ± 509.0	2594.6 ± 426.3	P=0.142
CAT, BU/gHb	7.17 ± 1.79	6.21 ± 1.09*	P=0.028
GPx1, U/gHb	36.6 ± 8.9	43.4 ± 12.6*	P=0.025

^* P value considered statistically significant if < 0.05

Each value represents mean ± SD