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. 2022 Dec 22;20(1):157. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010157

Table 1.

Parameters of oxidative stress in the mother’s venous blood and the newborn’s umbilical cord blood.

Parameters Mother’s Venous Blood (n = 168) Umbilical Cord Blood (n = 168) p Value
x¯ ± SD Median Min-Max x¯ ± SD Median Min-Max
TAS [mmol/L] 1.65 ± 0.54 1.66 0.53–3.30 1.78 ± 0.37 1.76 0.65–4.00 0.034
SOD
[U/mL]
205.02 ± 38.46 210.18 144.37–266.77 192.40 ± 29.28 194.07 132.24–281.41 0.013
Mn
[µmol/L]
0.11 ± 0.24 0.06 0.01–2.87 0.11 ± 0.13 0.08 0.00–1.11 0.079
Cu
[µmol/L]
32.86 ± 7.85 32.30 5.00–77.40 7.17 ± 4.35 6.60 0.50–33.40 0.000
Zn
[µmol/L]
12.13 ± 8.50 10.75 1.00–58.50 15.17 ± 13.60 12.40 2.00–143.9 0.007
GPx
[U/g Hg]
95.14 ± 42.97 88.49 2.81–211.40 151.13 ± 96.77 141.87 93.41–1057.14 0.000

TAS—total antioxidant status, SOD—superoxide dismutase, Mn—manganese, Cu—copper, Zn—zinc, GPx—glutathione peroxidase, p-value—the probability of Mann-Whitney test.