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Table 3 Antioxidant and some hematological parameters of HIV-infected and control subjects

From: Glutathione, glutathione peroxidase and some hematological parameters of HIV-seropositive subjects attending clinic in University of Calabar teaching hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

 

Subjects

Parameter

HIV Subjects

N = 100

Mean ± S.D.

Control Subjects

N = 80

Mean ± S.D

p-value

ANTIOXIDANTS

 GSH (μ g/mL)

3.76+ 1.87

6.00+  2.94

< 0.01*

 GPX (pg/mL)

123.15 + 62.05

228.17 ± 80.04

< 0.01*

HEMATOLOGY

 CD4 (cells /mm3)

414.23+  236.24

689.66 + 283.31

< 0.01*

 Hb (g/dl)

11.27 + 1.84

12.61 + 1.70

< 0.01*

 WBC (× 109/L)

3.69 + 1.04

5.23 + 2.06

< 0.01*

 Platelet (× 109/L)

177.83 ± 62.13

243.14 + 71.99

< 0.01*

  1. N absolute number; Hb hemoglobin; GSH glutathione
  2. GPX glutathione peroxidase; WBC white blood cells count
  3. CD cluster of differentiation
  4. *: Significantly different
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