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Table 2 Group means for markers of oxidative stress and results of group comparisons

From: Oxidative stress in schizophrenia: a case-control study on the effects on social cognition and neurocognition

 

Schizophrenia

Controls

Statistics

(Mann Whitney U)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

U (df)

Z

p

Homocystein (?mol/L)

16.52

9.73

16.62

12.22

845.5(82)

.27

0.775

GSH (?mol/L)

539.46

206.58

986.23

179.68

105.0(82)

6.95

<.001

MDA (?mol/L)

1.19

0.17

0.98

0.22

359.0(82)

4.68

<.001

NO (?mol/L)

92.15

37.55

65.23

39.53

509.0(82)

3.33

0.001

SOD (U/ml)

0.26

0.15

0.39

0.16

177.5(82)

6.30

<.001

NT4/5 (ng/ml)

5.2

2.88

6.56

2.79

620.5(82)

2.34

0.02

  1. GSH: total glutathione; MDA: malondialdehyde; NO: nitric oxide; SOD: superoxide dismutase; NT4/5: neurotrophin 4/5.