Decreased Oxidative Stress in Male Patients with Active Phase Ankylosing Spondylitis Who Underwent Whole-Body Cryotherapy in Closed Cryochamber

Table 4

Levels of lipid peroxidation parameters, total oxidative status (TOS), and oxidative stress (OSI) index (mean value ± standard deviation SD) in AS patients before and after the completion of a cycle of ten whole-body cryotherapy procedures with subsequent kinesiotherapy (WBC group) or a cycle of ten kinesiotherapy procedures only (KT group), with statistical analyses. (p): plasma; (s): serum; (e): erythrocyte lysates; Δ: difference prior to post treatment.

Parameters		WBC group	KT group
MDA (p); [μmol/l]	Before	2.66 ± 0.73	2.32 ± 0.60	0.157
	After	2.48 ± 0.57	2.41 ± 0.83	0.783
		0.215	0.959
	Δ	−0.19 ± 0.72	0.09 ± 1.04	0.391
MDA (e); [nmol/gHb]	Before	0.16 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.02	0.001
	After	0.15 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.04	0.001
		0.098	0.642
	Δ	−0.01 ± 0.03	0.00 ± 0.04	0.155
TOS (s); [μmol/l]	Before	30.49 ± 13.35	23.94 ± 11.60	0.149
	After	14.56 ± 9.01	24.41 ± 6.24	0.001
		0.003	0.605
	Δ	−15.93 ± 17.04	0.46 ± 9.11	0.003
OSI (p/s); [arbitrary unit]	Before	64.19 ± 65.93	18.87 ± 11.30	0.016
	After	10.20 ± 3.79	23.65 ± 15.68	0.004
		0.001	0.301
	Δ	−53.99 ± 66.83	4.78 ± 13.88	0.003

: statistical significance of differences between both groups of patients; : statistical significance of differences between values before and after treatment in particular groups of patients.