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

Table 3

Erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activities of handball athletes. Results are presented as mean ± SEM. (*) Indicates significant differences in respect to baseline values (P < 0.05), and (^#) indicates significant differences between postmatch and 24 h after (P < 0.05).

	Baseline	Postgame	24 h
Total superoxide dismutase (mU/mg)	0.11 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.01*	0.41 ± 0.03^*#
Catalase (μmol/mg)	4.99 ± 0.59	3.20 ± 0.51*	2.12 ± 0.33*
Glutathione peroxidase (mU/mg)	10.56 ± 2.54	9.25 ± 1.79	9.61 ± 1.53
Glutathione reductase (mU/mg)	2.29 ± 0.04	1.23 ± 0.18*	1.05 ± 0.20*
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (mU/mg)	445.80 ± 138.19	473.60 ± 25.16	477.20 ± 20.61