Disparities of conjugating protective enzyme activities in the colon of patients with adenomas and carcinomas

Table 3 Gender differences between glutathione s-transferase and uridine glucuronosyltransferase activities in the colon of patients with colon-neoplasia

	Male	Female	t-test	F-test
GST (combined)	258 ± 139 (36)	235 ± 68 ( 15)	0.54	0.006
Transversum	218 ± 94 (26)	251 ± 71 (13)	0.28	0.310
Sigmoid	267 ± 137 (34)	202 ± 75 (14)	0.10	0.020
UGT (combined)	198 ± 180 (34)	146 ± 99 (15)	0.30	0.020
Transversum	231 ± 238 (23)	153 ± 108 (12)	0.29	0.009
Sigmoid	168 ± 142 (29)	141 ± 110 (13)	0.54	0.360

Number of enzyme assays in brackets. For the t-test and the F-test P-values are indicated. GST: Glutathione S-transferase; UGT: Uridine glucuronosyltransferase.