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. 2022 Mar;43(3):227–235. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210876

Table 4.

- Comparison of the groups in terms of native thiol, total thiol, disulfide, disulfide/native thiol, disulfide/total thiol, native thiol/total thiol levels, albumin.

Time Low-flow group (n=32) Mid-flow group (n=25) High-flow group (n=25) P-value 1
Mean±SD
Native thiol
T1 248.17±64.30 243.66±40.82 371.65±66.33§ <0.001*
T2 229.18±58.06 257.37±71.45 342.10±47.78§ <0.001**
T3 242.27±55.64†,‡ 298.74±99.87 371.71±67.08 <0.001**
P-value 2 0.183** 0.141** 0.014**  
Total thiol
T1 268.66±72.30 268.93±43.14 394.96±69.18 <0.001**
T2 247.17±61.31 275.23±73.88 370.67±53.79 <0.001**
T3 260.83±59.00†,‡ 319.61±103.00 393.61±70.77 <0.001**
P-value 2 0.181** 0.178** 0.224**  
Disulfide
T1 10.25±6.29 12.22±6.78 11.66±4.96 0.461*
T2 8.99±4.80 8.14±4.23 14.28±7.42 0.001*
T3 9.30±5.53 11.07±4.41 10.94±5.55 0.387*
P-value 2 0.788** 0.383** 0.140**  
Disulfide/native thiol percentage
T1 4.03±2.02 5.07±3.11§,† 3.18±1.38 0.019*
T2 4.08±2.23 3.34±1.65§ 4.17±2.26 0.334**
T3 3.89±2.33 3.97±1.78 2.98±1.45 0.164*
P-value 2 0.900** 0.038** 0.172**  
Disulfide/total thiol percentage
T1 3.67±1.50 4.48±2.52 2.97±1.19 0.025**
T2 3.69±1.86 3.09±1.46 3.77±1.98 0.366**
T3 3.53±1.94 3.63±1.50 2.65±1.39 0.094*
P-value 2 0.092** 0.297** 0.169**  
Native thiol/total thiol percentage
T1 92.65±3.40 91.91±7.67 94.06±2.39 0.305*
T2 92.61±3.72 93.81±2.92 90.40±12.01 0.262*
T3 92.93±3.87 92.74±3.00 94.44±2.52 0.162*
P-value 2 0.092** 0.064** 0.304**  
Albumin
T1 3.03±0.47 2.97±0.35 3.78±0.17 <0.001*
T2 2.97±0.51 3.05±0.49† 3.73±0.17 <0.001*
T3 3.070.48 3.40±0.72 3.80±0.16 <0.001*
P-value 2 0.335** 0.205** 0.332**  

*Kruskal-Wallis test (Post hoc: Mann-Whitney U-test), **One-Way ANOVA test (post hoc: Bonferroni), § p-value 2 of <0.05 (compared to T1-T2, native tiol, high-flow group), p-value 1 of <0.05 (compared to high flow group, disulfide level at time T2 in mid-flow and low flow group), §† p-value 2 of <0.05 (T2 compared to T1, disulfide/native thiol percentage), T1: pre-induction, T2: 60th minute after induction, T3: postoperative 2nd hour, SD: standard deviation