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Table 3 Evaluation of  oxidative stress parameters before and after CPAP treatment in late preterm and term group

From: Association between thiol-disulfide hemostasis and transient tachypnea of the newborn in late-preterm and term infants

Parameters

Late Preterm

Term

Neg£ Pos Ties

Mean Rank

Sum of Rank

Z

p

Neg Pos Ties

Mean Rank

Sum of Rank

Z

p

Native thiol (µmol/L)

27

25.83

697.50

-0.077

0.938

15

13.90

208.50

-0.195

0.846

25

27.22

680.50

14

16.18

226.50

0

  

0

  

Total thiol (µmol/L)

28

26.3

736.50

-0.433

0.665

17

13.41

228

-0.227

0.820

24

26.73

641.50

12

17.25

207

0

  

0

  

Disulfide (µmol/L)

35

28.07

982.50

-3.331

0.001

20

14.50

270

-1.32

0.245

15

19.50

292.50

9

12.44

165

2

  

0

  

Disulfide/Native thiol (%)

34

27.31

928.50

-2.181

0.029

19

15.68

256

-1.642

0.083

18

24.97

449.50

10

11.90

179

0

  

0

  

Disulfide/Total thiol (%)

34

27.66

940.5

-2.290

0.022

19

15.19

240

-1.381

0.187

18

24.31

437.5

10

12.10

185

0

  

0

  

Native thiol/Total thiol (%)

34

24

432

-2.341

0.019

10

9.60

96

-2.627

0.009

18

27.82

946

19

17.84

339

0

  

0

  

TAS* (mmol Trolox equiv. /lt)

20

20.68

413.50

-2.509

0.012

12

12.67

152

-1.417

0.157

32

30.14

964.5

17

16.65

283

0

  

0

  

TOSπ (µmol H2O2 equiv. /lt)

44

27.38

1204.5

-5.076

 < 0.001

23

16.24

373.50

-3.384

 < 0.001

7

17.36

121.5

5

6.50

32.50

1

  

1

  

OSI¥ (AU)

42

29.21

1227

-4.90

 < 0.001

22

16.98

373.50

-3.37

0.001

10

15.1

151

7

8.79

61.50

0

  

0

  
  1. *TAS Plasma Total Antioxidant Status
  2. πTOS Plasma total oxidant status, ¥OSI oxidative stress index, £ = Neg Negative, Pos Positive, Wilcoxon Test was used for evaluation