Effects of Tai Chi Training on Antioxidant Capacity in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women

Table 3

Hematological and biochemical parameters of pre- and post-menopausal women before and after the Tai Chi training period.

	Pre-M women		Post-M women
	Pre-training	Post-training	Pre-training	Post-training
Hemoglobin (g·dL^−1)	13.06±0.94	13.00±0.86	13.76±0.56	13.31±0.63
Hematocrit (g%)	39.0±3.1	38.4±2.7	40.9±1.9	40.1±2.3
Leukocytes (×10^9 L^−1)	5.93±1.34	5.90±1.13	5.93±1.06	5.27±1.07
Platelets (×10^9 L^−1)	290±110	295±125	254±42	227±46
Uric acid (mg·dL^−1)	3.19±0.59	3.24±0.66	4.09±1.41	4.44±1.27
Triglycerides (mg·dL^−1)	57±18	65±33	99±50	88±29
Total cholesterol (mg·dL^−1)	212±32	203±30	226±24	217±33
HDL cholesterol (mg·dL^−1)	71±34	72±35	54±6	56±7
LDL cholesterol (mg·dL^−1)	129±19	118±19 *	152±25	143±33 *
TAS (mmol·L^−1TE)	1.513±0.133	1.697±0.122 **	1.573±0.087	1.662±0.097 **
TBARS (μM)	2.44±2.07	3.46±4.27	2.12±1.21	2.38±2.29
eSOD (unit·g^−1Hb)	1370±286	1275±107	1270±174	1371±96
tHcy (μ mol·L^−1)	10.85±2.06	8.87±1.88 *	11.44±1.88	9.51±1.81 *

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; Pre-M: premenopausal women group; Post-M: postmenopausal women group; TAS: total antioxidantstatus; TE: troloq equivalence; TBARS: plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substance concentration; eSOD: erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity; tHcy: plasma total homocysteine; *𝑃<.05, different from Pre-training; **𝑃<.001, different from Pre-training.