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Parameters

Baby boys

Baby girls

Young males

Young females

Senior males

Senior females

1

Age (Years)

3.25 ± .25**

3.19 ± 0.25

32.81 ± 1.11

31.13 ± 0.70

68.63 ± 0.93

67.25 ± 0.40

2

Number of subjects (n)

16

16

16

16

16

16

3

*Plasma levels of nitric oxide in μM

11.36 ± 0.77**

13.20 ± 0.58

12.43 ± 0.70

14.31 ± 0.44

20.38 ± 0.91

24.03 ± 1.56
           

179.40%***

182.05%***
   

         12.28 (μM)

    

22.21 (μM; 180.86%)

  
1The estimations of plasma nitric oxide (NO) were carried out according to published procedure as described in Materials and Methods. *Average of triplicalte analyses of each sample. **All the values expressed as means ± SE (standard Error). ***Compared to respective values of baby boys and baby girls.
Table 3: The plasma levels of Nitric Oxide (NO) of healthy human subjects of various ages1.