Oxidative/Antioxidative Status in Obese and Sport Trained Children: A Comparative Study

Table 2

Adipokines and oxidative/antioxidative status markers comparison of studied groups.

	Study group ()	Control group ()	value
Leptin ng/mL
Boys	23.9 ± 18.8	6.5 ± 3.4	<0.0001
Girls	28.3 ± 23.2	10.5 ± 5.9	<0.0001
Adiponectin g/mL	5.47 ± 4.41	6.16 ± 4.74	NS
Adiponectin/leptin (A/L)
Boys	0.69 ± 1.51	5.01 ± 10.38	<0.001
Girls	0.33 ± 0.44	1.00 ± 1.57	<0.05
PerOX (TOS/TOC) mol/L	420.08 ± 182.93	418.41 ± 174.34	NS
ImAnOx (TAS/TAC) µmol/L	133.30 ± 53.05	153.51 ± 28.97	<0.01
oxLDL ng/mL	608.79 ± 862.89	275.40 ± 215.63	<0.05
Glutathione peroxidase activity (GPx) nmol/min/mL	72.66 ± 24.59	83.98 ± 16.52	<0.01

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
PerOX (TOS/TOC): total oxidative status/capacity, ImAnOx (TAS/TAC): total antioxidative status/capacity, oxLDL: oxidized low-density lipoprotein.