Table 1 The activity of exoglycosidases in the blood, vitreous humor, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine of the deceased with no ethanol intoxication (C) and intoxicated with ethanol (A).

From: Activity of exoglycosidases in blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and vitreous humor in individuals who died from ethyl alcohol poisoning

Variable

Sample

C group

A group

p

Age

54 (15–83)

46 (26–82)

0.416

MAN [pKat/ml]

Blood

409.62 (54.48–2987.75)

510.01 (103.58–4066.15)

0.535

Vitreous humor

15.40 (3.40–21.12)

11.35 (3.30–24.01)

0.016*

Cerebrospinal fluid

27.72 (5.38–210.11)

17.76 (7.20–109.69)

0.162

Urine

39.30 (10.16–968.61)

14.46 (2.09–125.58)

0.003**

FUC [pKat/ml]

Blood

309.06 (35.65–1781.10)

267.20 (21.19–3262.65)

0.331

Vitreous humor

26.55 (3.67–61.41)

24.65 (5.41–51.08)

0.279

Cerebrospinal fluid

61.14 (15.20–272.77)

64.15 (11.64–140.01)

0.828

Urine

47.55 (12.81–1193.35)

16.93 (5.25–467.47)

0.008**

GAL [pKat/ml]

Blood

358.16 (100.89–3058.20)

357.49 (109.97–4969.25)

0.637

Vitreous humor

21.61 (9.99–42.58)

17.42 (6.66–31.41)

0.173

Cerebrospinal fluid

29.14 (2.29–213.29)

31.85 (5.89–111.37)

0.992

Urine

84.22 (30.33–1774.95)

33.07 (12.98–234.11)

0.014*

GLU [pKat/ml]

Blood

227.68 (52.46–2492.30)

225.66 (78.69–2388.30)

1.000

Vitreous humor

23.41 (6.59–53.61)

20.57 (4.54–33.56)

0.151

Cerebrospinal fluid

24.65 (4.57–183.26)

22.60 (11.77–93.12)

0.598

Urine

67.26 (16.95–1002.24)

26.50 (7.16–179.52)

0.004**

  1. A the deceased intoxicated with ethanol, C the deceased with no ethanol intoxication, FUC α-fucosidase, GAL β-galactosidase, GLU β-glucuronidase, MAN α-mannosidase.
  2. The asterisks above the bolded value mean meaningful differences among A and C groups; statistical significance: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.