Table 5.
Comparison of MDA, SOD, CAT catalase, and GPx glutathione peroxidase among women without PCOS depending on obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperandrogenism.
| A | Without Insulin Resistance (n = 19) |
Insulin Resistance (n = 2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| MDA [uM] | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.952 |
| CAT [k/gHb] | 182.32 | 35.39 | 180.50 | 41.72 | 0.857 |
| SOD [A/gHb] | 1698.32 | 128.16 | 1673.00 | 130.11 | 0.905 |
| GPx [U/gHb] | 4.94 | 0.70 | 6.13 | 0.16 | 0.031 |
| B | Without Obesity(n = 12) | Obese (n = 9) | |||
| Parameter | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| MDA [uM] | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.972 |
| CAT [k/gHb] | 180.75 | 41.07 | 184.00 | 26.66 | 0.696 |
| SOD [A/gHb] | 1688.92 | 138.00 | 1705.22 | 113.40 | 0.546 |
| GPx [U/gHb] | 4.91 | 0.61 | 5.25 | 0.92 | 0.330 |
| C | Without Insulin Resistance and Obesity (n = 19) | Insulin Resistance and Obesity (n = 2) | |||
| Parameter | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| MDA [uM] | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.952 |
| CAT [k/gHb] | 182.32 | 35.39 | 180.50 | 41.72 | 0.857 |
| SOD [A/gHb] | 1698.32 | 128.16 | 1673.00 | 130.11 | 0.905 |
| GPx [U/gHb] | 4.94 | 0.70 | 6.13 | 0.16 | 0.031 |
| D | Without Hyperandrogenism (n = 19) | Hyperandrogenism (n = 2) | |||
| Parameter | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| MDA [uM] | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.036 |
| CAT [k/gHb] | 182.42 | 35.73 | 179.50 | 36.06 | 0.952 |
| SOD [A/gHb] | 1689.74 | 127.56 | 1754.50 | 115.26 | 0.549 |
| GPx [U/gHb] | 5.00 | 0.78 | 5.56 | 0.05 | 0.338 |
MDA—malonylodialdehyde; CAT—catalase; SOD—superoxide dismutase; GPX—glutathione peroxidase; p—p value; bold—significant differences.