Table 3.
Erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD1), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (R-GSSG) and glutathione transferase (GST) activities in experimental groups (5 °C and 36 °C), control group and sex-specific differences.
| Antioxidant Enzymes | SOD1 [U/gHb] | CAT [U/g Hb] | GPx [U/g Hb] | R-GSSG [U/g Hb] | GST [U/g Hb] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | Q25 Q75 |
M | Q25 Q75 |
M | Q25 Q75 |
M | Q25 Q75 |
M | Q25 Q75 |
||
| Experimental Group (5 °C) |
|
713.6 | 614.2 791.3 |
43.5 | 28.5 58.5 |
0.01 * 36°* C |
0.01 0.08 |
0.05 * C |
0.03 0.08 |
0.31 * 36° |
0.2 0.45 |
|
770.8 | 760.8 810.0 |
48.6 | 34.9 57.2 |
0.2 *** 5° |
0.13 0.48 |
0.16 * 5° |
0.09 0.21 |
0.58 | 0.32 0.84 |
|
| Experimental Group (36 °C) |
|
682.0 | 642.6 697 |
59.3 | 37.5 115.8 |
0.23 | 0.13 0.38 |
0.06 * C |
0.05 0.10 |
0.53 | 0.41 0.72 |
|
|
728.0 ** C |
645.2 762.1 |
34.6 | 23.9 63.2 |
0.11 | 0.11 0.36 |
0.14 | 0.06 0.16 |
0.46 | 0.23 0.52 |
|
| Old-sedentary Control Group (C) |
|
640.9 | 619.3 719.5 |
61.2 | 50.2 82.9 |
0.67 | 0.31 1.31 |
0.15 | 0.11 0.21 |
0.72 | 0.49 1.22 |
|
|
667.9 | 623.6 694.5 |
32.6 | 26.7 32.7 |
0.13 | 0.11 0.15 |
0.12 | 0.1 0.12 |
0.52 | 0.4 0.69 |
|
Significance of differences between groups at: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001). M—median; Q25—lower quartile; Q75—upper quartile; —male sex; —female sex.