Cytokines and Oxidative Stress Status Following a Handball Game in Elite Male Players

Table 2

Plasma and erythrocyte TBARS levels, protein carbonyl, and thiol content of handball athletes. Results are presented as mean ± SEM. *Indicates significant differences in respect to baseline values (P < 0.05).

	Baseline	Postgame	24 h
TBARS
Plasma (μmol MDA/mL)	0.11 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01*	0.24 ± 0.02*
Erythrocytes (μmol MDA/mg of protein)	668.80 ± 50.87	595 ± 62.42	1687 ± 184.20*
Protein Carbonyls
Plasma (protein carbonyls/mL)	16.16 ± 0.37	14.73 ± 0.58	14.64 ± 0.27
Erythrocytes (protein carbonyls/mg of protein)	42.77 ± 0.92	59.95 ± 2.94*	62.78 ± 2.30*
Thiols
Plasma (mmol thiols/mL)	20.40 ± 2.09	8.23 ± 1.01*	16.67 ± 1.35
Erythrocytes (mmol thiols/mg of protein)	1.57 ± 0.29	1.22 ± 0.22	1.05 ± 0.21