Table 4.

Protection of vitamin C from oxidative damage in the thyroid.

Indicators	Classification	KI $(\overline{\mathsf{\chi }} \pm \mathbf{S})$ (n = 12)	KIO3 $(\overline{\mathsf{\chi }} \pm \mathbf{S})$ (n = 12)	p
TAOC U/mgprot	NI	0.47 ± 0.20	0.52 ± 0.22	0.486
	HI	0.58 ± 0.33	0.50 ± 0.13	0.838
	HI + LC	0.43 ± 0.14	0.53 ± 0.19	0.161
	HI + HC	0.46 ± 0.15	0.51 ± 0.14	0.345
	p	0.714	0.960
CAT U/mgprot	NI	1.38 ± 0.31	1.96 ± 0.71	0.008 **
	HI	1.58 ± 0.68	2.08 ± 1.15	0.265
	HI + LC	1.91 ± 0.78	2.06 ± 0.81	0.806
	HI + HC	2.10 ± 0.74	2.16 ± 0.92	0.998
	p	0.036 * NI, HI < HI + LC, HI + HC	0.972
SOD U/mgprot	NI	5.51 ± 2.92	6.75 ± 2.29	0.246
	HI	4.71 ± 2.10	4.39 ± 2.08	0.583
	HI + LC	5.14 ± 2.89	5.53 ± 2.23	0.533
	HI + HC	4.84 ± 2.36	5.03 ± 2.53	0.653
	p	0.967	0.039 * NI, HI + LC > HI, HI + HC
MDA nmol/mgprot	NI	3.51 ± 2.27	2.85 ± 1.44	0.775
	HI	4.09 ± 1.85	3.08 ± 1.30	0.137
	HI + LC	2.77 ± 1.25	2.93 ± 1.59	0.806
	HI + HC	2.51 ± 1.16	3.04 ± 1.28	0.250
	p	0.105	0.958
GSH-Px U/mgprot	NI	10.54 ± 2.66	11.72 ± 1.79	0.215
	HI	9.28 ± 3.20	10.62 ± 3.31	0.326
	HI + LC	11.37 ± 1.93	10.67 ± 9.91	0.309
	HI + HC	11.92 ± 2.41	11.34 ± 2.88	0.596
	p	0.074	0.696

Note: * represents p value being lower than 0.05; ** represents p value being lower than 0.01.