Table 3.
Correlation of stress hormones with MDA and SOD.
| MDA | SOD | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | E | NE | Cortisol | E | NE | Cortisol | ||||||
| r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | |
| GDM | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.00 | −0.24 | 0.01 | −0.18 | 0.06 | −0.25 | 0.00 |
| GDM-M | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.00 | −0.22 | 0.00 | −0.19 | 0.12 | −0.14 | 0.22 |
E, epinephrine; NE, noradrenaline; MDA, malondialdehyde; SOD, superoxide dismutase.