Parameters

Healthy (n=28)

Patients (n=56)

S. GSH (µg / ml )

1.61 ± 0.99

0.65 ± 0.22**

S. MDA (µg / ml )

5.46 ± 2.82

8.68 ± 1.55**

S. IL-8 (pg / ml )

36.65 ± 25.73

61.17 ± 39.92*

Results represent mean ± Standard deviation **represents highly significant P ≤ 0.01 change between healthy subjects and patients *represents significant P ≤ 0.05 change between healthy subjects and patients
Table 1: Baseline values of serum glutathione, malondialdehyde and interleukine-8 for patients with acne compared to healthy subjects.