Table 5.

Effect of chronic intermittent hypobaric hypoxia on superoxide dismutase activity and total antioxidation capacity of the myocardium in developing rats

SOD activity/TAC capacity	CON28	CON42	CIHH28	CIHH42
SOD	5.0 ± 0.6	4.6 ± 0.5	7.0 ± 0.9*	6.5 ± 0.4*
TAC	8.6 ± 0.6	8.4 ± 1.7	17.5 ± 2.2**	16.7 ± 1.1**

* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 vs corresponding CON rats (CON28 or CON42, respectively)

All data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 6 per group)

SOD superoxide dismutase, TAC total antioxidation capacity