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Table 3 Comparison of oxidative stress parameters of MDD and control groups in terms of gender

From: Childhood depression and oxidative stress

	Total							Control							MDD
	Male			Female			p	Male			Female			p	Male			Female			p
	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	p	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	p	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	p
MDA	0.31	± 0.04	0.30	0.31	± 0.04	0.30	0.922	0.29	± 0.03	0.28	0.28	± 0.03	0.28	0.853	0.33	± 0.03	0.34	0.32	± 0.05	0.32	0.341
SOD	17.52	± 1.65	17.99	17.02	± 1.37	16.77	0.081	18.69	± 0.72	18.81	18.06	± 1.11	18.40	0.022	16.15	± 1.33	16.18	16.19	± 0.91	16.34	0.989
TAS	0.67	± 0.09	0.68	0.66	± 0.11	0.68	0.738	0.71	± 0.06	0.71	0.71	± 0.07	0.70	0.891	0.62	± 0.09	0.61	0.62	± 0.11	0.60	0.749
TOS	8.90	± 2.38	7.93	8.78	± 1.61	8.40	0.498	7.41	± 0.56	7.46	7.68	± 0.99	7.36	0.515	10.63	± 2.53	9.81	9.66	± 1.48	9.63	0.351
OSI	1.36	± 0.43	1.19	1.37	± 0.38	1.21	0.648	1.06	± 0.13	1.08	1.08	± 0.09	1.07	0.660	1.72	± 0.39	1.59	1.61	± 0.35	1.65	0.568

Bold indicates p-value ≤ 0.05 is statistically significant
MDA malondialdehyde, SOD superoxide dismutase, TAS total antioxidant status, TOS total oxidant status, OSI oxidative stress index
Mann–Whitney U test

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