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Table 2 Paired Comparisons of Mothers, Fathers, and Daughters: Creatinine-Adjusted aMT6s, 8-oxodG, and 8-oxoGua.

From: Endogenous melatonin and oxidatively damaged guanine in DNA

Variable

Comparison

N

Ratio

Mean Difference

St. Error

p-Value*

Creatinine-

M vs F

55

1.54

19.5

5.6

0.001

Adjusted

D vs M

55

1.43

24.0

6.2

0.0003

aMT6s

D vs F

55

2.21

43.5

6.1

<0.0001

8-oxodG

F vs M

40

1.42

2.0

0.5

<0.001

 

D vs M

45

1.26

1.3

0.8

0.11

 

F vs D

37

1.14

0.8

0.6

0.20

8-oxoGua

F vs M

31

1.60

20.5

11.3

0.08

 

D vs M

40

1.17

8.0

8.7

0.37

 

F vs D

33

1.37

8.9

15.8

0.58

  1. * The paired t-test was used. Pairing was the reason for the decrease in sample sizes. There was little difference when unpaired t-tests, with Cochran's adjustment for unequal standard deviations, were used for the analysis.