Serum Oxidant and Antioxidant Status in Adolescents Undergoing Professional Endurance Sports Training : Table 2

Table 2: Serum thiobarbituric-acid-reactive substances (TBARSs), xanthine oxidase (XO), catalase (CAT), reduced glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) in adolescent runners, cyclists, and untrained subjects are shown.


	Runners ()	Cyclists ()	Untrained ()

TBARS (nmol·mL⁻¹)
XO (U·L⁻¹)		^{a, b}
GSH (mg·L⁻¹)		^{a, b}
CAT (U·mL⁻¹)	^a	^{a, b}
T-AOC (U·mL⁻¹)
SOD (U·mL⁻¹)

^aSignificant at when compared with untrained group.
^bSignificant at when compared with runners.
Values are mean ± SD.