Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 3 Comparison of degree of DNA damage in OP poisoning cases

From: Caspases as prognostic markers and mortality predictors in acute organophosphorus poisoning

	Control		Cases		t test
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value
%DNA in the head	87.57	1.90	37.70	17.80	< 0.001
Tail length (px)	41.89	7.63	476.37	214.47	< 0.001
%DNA in the tail	12.07	1.71	62.30	17.80	< 0.001
Olive moment	11.93	2.61	82.19	14.45	< 0.001
Tail moment	7.52	2.80	362.23	203.16	0.001

SD standard deviation
P > 0.05: non-significant, P < 0.05: significant, P < 0.01: highly significant

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