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Table 3 Correlation of Parasite Density with Biomarkers of oxidative stress

From: Severe oxidative stress in sickle cell disease patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kampala, Uganda

	MDA (μM)	GSH (μM)	GPx (Units/ml)	CAT (U/mg prot)
SCD malaria
n	51	51	51	51
Pearson r	0.07110	− 0.5123	−0.02336	0.1780
P value	0.6237	0.0001	0.8721	0.2162
R²	0.005055	0.2625	0.0005455	0.03168
Malaria
n	50	50	50	50
Pearson r	0.1206	−0.1142	0.1198	−0.01226
P value	0.4040	0.4295	0.4074	0.9327
R²	0.01455	0.01305	0.01435	0.0001503

Pearson’s r values from scatter plots. With n = 50, MDA is malondialdehyde; GSH is reduced glutathione; GPx is Glutathione peroxidase; CAT is catalase

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