Faster rates of post-puberty kidney deterioration in males is correlated with elevated oxidative stress in males vs females at early puberty-3

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Faster rates of post-puberty kidney deterioration in males is correlated with elevated oxidative stress in males vs females at early puberty"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/221</p><p>BMC Genomics 2007;8():221-221.</p><p>Published online 9 Jul 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1934371.</p><p></p>en genders. At pre-puberty and at late puberty/early adulthood, superoxide anion did not differ significantly between genders. Superoxide anion peaked at early puberty, more abruptly in males than in females (p = 0.05), and dropped to pre-puberty levels as late puberty/early adulthood approached