Elemental imbalance and oxidative biomarker shifts in lumbar disc degeneration.

Front Neurol · 2025 · PMC12611842 · PMID 41245870

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marginally non-significantp = 0.0539so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Although GSH levels were reduced in degenerated IVDs, the difference was marginally non-significant ( p = 0.0539), suggesting early depletion of this primary non-enzymatic antioxidant during redox imbalance ( 79 ).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.0539so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

a decreasing trendno p-value reported

In contrast, GSH levels displayed a decreasing trend, although the difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.0539).

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