Impact of Hot Environment on Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance, Renal Damage, Hemolysis, and Immune Activation Postmarathon

Table 3

Redox status after marathon race in temperate and hot environment.

	Before	Immediately after	1 day after	3 days after
Uric acid (mg/dL)
HE	5.4 ± 0.1	6.6 ± 0.3	5.7 ± 0.2	5.6 ± 0.3
TE	5.9 ± 0.2	6.3 ± 0.2	6.1 ± 0.2	6.1 ± 0.3
SOD3 (U/mL)
HE	2.6 ± 0.2^#	3.2 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.3^##	2.6 ± 0.2^#
TE	3.3 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.1	3.7 ± 0.5	3.1 ± 0.2
TBARs (nMol/mL)
HE	2.4 ± 0.05^#	4.1 ± 0.01^#	3.2 ± 0.05^#	2.6 ± 0.2^#
TE	3.1 ± 0.2	4.6 ± 0.1	3.9 ± 0.1	3.3 ± 0.02
CAT (U/mL)
HE	87.9 ± 8	63.2 ± 9	70.5 ± 8	73.7 ± 8
TE	72.8 ± 9	49.0 ± 5	49.8 ± 6	59.2 ± 5

SOD: superoxide dismutase; CAT: catalase; TBARs: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; HE: hot environment; TE: temperate environment. The values are presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM) of 26 runners. versus before the race; versus before the race; ; and versus temperate environment.