Potential oxidative stress in children with chronic constipation

Table 2 Comparison between average values of biochemical parameters in children with chronic constipation and HCVs (mean±SD).

Group	n	Plasma		Erythrocyte
		VC (mmol/L)	VE (mmol/L)	SOD (U/g.Hb)	CAT (K/g.Hb)	LPO (nmol/g.Hb)
CCCPs	70	46.59±11.51	20.65±4.80	1 943±147	269.3±67.8	25.22±5.01
		(43.84±49.33)	(19.51±21.80)	(1908±1978)	(253.0±285.6)	(24.03±26.42)
HCVs	70	58.35±14.42	27.15±6.55	2 206±171	327.3±82.2	19.18±4.27
		(54.91±61.79)	(25.59±28.71)	(2165±2247)	(307.7±346.9)	(18.17±20.20)
t1		5.535	6.695	9.796	4.543	7.677
P		<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

¹Independent-samples t test. The figures in parentheses are 95% confidence interval (95% CI).