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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Ind Health. 2002 Jul;18(6):269–278. doi: 10.1191/0748233702th150oa

Table 4.

Factors associated with biological markers of oxidative stress in swimmers surveyed twice

Erythrocyte Cu++/Zn++ SOD (U/g Hb) Erythrocyte GSH-Px (U/g Hb) Plasma GSH-Px (U/L) Total antioxidant concentration (mmol/L)

Coefficient (SD) p Value Coefficient (SD) p Value Coefficient (SD) p Value Coefficient (SD) p Value

Exposure: W24 vs. W0 16.1 (5.28) 0.01 −15.3 (1.37) 0.002 246 (52.7) 0.002 −0.038 (0.021) 0.09
Training: D4 vs. D1 19.3 (3.49) 0.0001 −0.11 (1.17) 0.9 71.0 (27.3) 0.3 −0.014 (0.021) 0.5
Group: 2 vs. 1 −25.8 (4.53) < 0.0001 −8.29 (4.19) 0.9 −4.44 (25.7) 0.9 −0.003 (0.032) 0.9
Hours of swimming between D1 and D4 0.24 (0.33) 0.15
Hours of swimming between D1 and D4 * group 2 −1.47 (0.58) 0.06
Exposure * group 2 15.5 (2.38) 0.0009
Age 14.2 (4.42) 0.01
Exposure * age −6.99 (2.69) 0.02
Exposure * D4 −94.0 (16.2) < 0.0001