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Table 3 Significant association of antioxidant enzyme activities in cases and controls

From: Altered antioxidant enzyme activity with severity and comorbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in South Indian population

Study parameters Healthy control
n = 59 		COPD
n = 127
Superoxide dismutase (U/mg protein) 87.56 ± 0.48 77.34 ± 0.48***
Catalase (U/mg protein) 98.34 ± 0.94 72.77 ± 0.60***
Glutathione s transferase (U/mg protein) 42.05 ± 0.56 21.30 ± 0.33***
Glutathione peroxidase (U/mg protein) 63.77 ± 0.44 59.43 ± 0.50***
Glutathione reductase (U/mg protein) 77.08 ± 0.96 61.97 ± 0.60***
Total antioxidant status (μM Fe2+/l) 46.19 ± 0.27 41.64 ± 0.30***
  1. Variables are expressed as mean ± SEM. Significance of difference between COPD patients compared to controls: ***P < 0.001
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