Antioxidant concentration and antioxidant activity in circulation at birth
| Variable | Well survivors | BPD | Non-survivors | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n= | Median | Range | n= | Median | Range | n= | Median | Range | |||
| Plasma Dmax (μl) | 79 | 80** | 13–221 | 25 | 92 | 46–152 | 39 | 121 | 44–258 | ||
| Caeruloplasmin (mg/l) | 69 | 53 | 14–440 | 23 | 57 | 14–431 | 37 | 67 | 14–407 | ||
| Packed cell transfusions | 80 | 0 | 0–1.0 | 25 | 0 | 0–2.0 | |||||
| Mean |
SEM | Mean |
SEM | Mean |
SEM | ||||||
| Vitamin C (μmol/l) | 79 | 80.1* | 4.07 | 25 | 85.4 | 7.99 | 39 | 105.3 | 9.66 | ||
| Retinol (μmol/l) | 76 | 0.53* | 0.032 | 25 | 0.62 | 0.075 | 39 | 0.70 | 0.062 | ||
| α tocopherol (μmol:mol cholesterol) | 74 | 6.85 | 0.65 | 25 | 6.27 | 0.61 | 38 | 7.15 | 0.81 | ||
| SOD activity (IU/g Hb) | 41 | 4038 | 327 | 19 | 3625 | 308 | 9 | 2860 | 468 | ||
Significantly different from babies who died (Scheffe test)*p<0.05, **p<0.01.