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Table 2 The GSH content and GSH/GSSG ratios in confirmed G6PD-deficient newborns, neonatal controls, and parental controls

From: Reduced glutathione and glutathione disulfide in the blood of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient newborns

 

Number

GSH (μmol/L)

GSH/GSSG

G6PD-deficient newborn

37

242.9 ± 15.9

14.9 ± 7.2

Neonatal control

21

370.0 ± 53.2

46.7 ± 19.6

Parental control

37

287.5 ± 48.2

27.3 ± 16.1

P

 

0.001

0.001