Single Whole-Body Cryostimulation Procedure versus Single Dry Sauna Bath: Comparison of Oxidative Impact on Healthy Male Volunteers

Table 2

The values of oxidative stress parameters in the blood of healthy men 20 min after the whole-body cryostimulation (WBC) procedure and the dry sauna (DS) bath. The results are expressed as means ± standard deviations.

	WBC		DS
	Baseline	After WBC	Baseline	After DS
TBARSpl [nmol MDA/mL]	0.57 ± 0.08	0.59 ± 0.08	0.34 ± 0.05^aaa	0.35 ± 0.06^bbb
TBARSer [nmol MDA/g Hb]	36.6 ± 13.2	41.1 ± 17.8	18.2 ± 4.1^aaa	17.6 ± 5.0^bbb
SOD [U/g Hb]	791.1 ± 192.5	1034.5 ± 112.6^aaa	773.2 ± 124.3	880.2 ± 121.3^bbc
CAT [10^4 IU/g Hb]	74.6 ± 20.6	67.9 ± 11.2	59.8 ± 16.3	66.2 ± 16.0^cc
GPx [U/g Hb]	17.8 ± 9.7	25.0 ± 11.5^aa	5.9 ± 1.9^aaa	7.4 ± 3.3^bbb

Difference versus WBC baseline value (, ); ^bdifference versus post-WBC value (, ); ^cdifference versus DS baseline value (, ). TBARSer, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in erythrocytes; TBARSpl, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in blood plasma; SOD, superoxide dismutase; CAT, catalase; GPx, glutathione peroxidase.