Table 2: Total oxidant status (TOS) and total antioxidant capacity (TAOC) of the study groups.

	Total	CP group	Control group	pa
TOS (μM H2O2/L)
Mean±SD	3.85±3.59	5.10±4.15	2.60±2.47	0.020
Median Interquartile range	2.41 (1.06 - 6.17)	3.74 (1.37- 9.67)	1.96 (0.73 - 3.6)
Min-Max	0.14 - 12.31	0.14 - 12.3	0.39 - 9.08
TAOC (mM)
Mean±SD	1.51±0.75	1.21±0.64	1.81±0.74	<0.001
Median Interquartile range	1.4 (0.9 - 2.04)	0.92 (0.77 -1.81)	1.62 (1.37 - 2.19)
Min-Max	0.36 - 3.67	0.36 - 2.66	0.42 - 3.66

Wilcoxon ranksum test