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Table 4 Antioxidant and some hematological parameters of HIV infected subject on ART and ART naïve subjects

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

 

HIV Subjects

Parameter

Subjects on ART

N = 60

Mean ± S.D

ART naive Subjects

N = 40

Mean ± S.D

p-value

ANTIOXIDANTS

 GSH (μ g/mL)

4.32+  2.19

2.93+  0.66

< 0.01*

 GPX (pg/mL)

143.22 + 71.96

93.04 ± 19.78

< 0.01*

HEMATOLOGY

 CD4 (cells /mm3)

442.17+  242.99

342.33 + 208.58

< 0.01*

 Hb (g/dL)

11.70 + 1.99

10.63 + 1.37

< 0.01*

 WBC (× 109/L)

4.02 + 1.15

3.21 + 0.58

< 0.01*

 sPlatelet (× 109/L)

205.33 ± 62.90

136.57 + 30.06

< 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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