Table 2: Effect of Plasmodium falciparum malaria on some antioxidants parameters of the study subjects.

Antioxidants

Infected subjects

(n = 72)

Control subjects

(n = 40)

Vitamin A (mg/dl)

80.384 ± 1.391*

94.609 ± 1.161*

Vitamin C (mg/dl)

81.505 ± 1.844*

97.038 ± 1.360*

Vitamin E (mg/dl)

79.847 ± 2.074*

95.892 ± 0.822*

GSH (mg/dl)

42.540 ± 1.103*

56.442 ± 1.856*

MDA (nmol/L)

68.901 ± 4.819*

43.553 ± 5.059*

n: number of sample, GSH: Reduced Glutathione, MDA: Malondialdehyde
Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM. Values with the same superscript in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).