Table 5.
Oxidative stress analyses.
| 3 months |
6 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | SSB | p | Control | SSB | p | |
| NADPH oxidase activity (RLU/μg protein) | 0.165 ± 0.028 | 0.177 ± 0.031 | 0.389 | 0.176 (0.163–0.188) | 0.096 (0.089–0.172) | 0.047 |
| Conjugated dienes (μmol/g tissue) | 0.117 ± 0.014 | 0.072 ± 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.945 ± 0.192 | 1.279 ± 0.069 | 0.056 |
| Reduced glutathione (GSH) | 0.325 ± 0.067 | 0.292 ± 0.063 | 0.364 | 0.463 ± 0.008 | 0.477 ± 0.006 | 0.085 |
| Oxidized glutathione (GSSG) | 0.183 (0.134–0.199) | 0.182 (0.158–0.240) | 0.469 | 0.094 ± 0.004 | 0.088 ± 0.005 | 0.185 |
| GSH:GSSG ratio | 1.579 (1.152–4.393) | 1.749 (1.038–2.669) | 0.221 | 4.716 ± 0.198 | 5.44 ± 0.337 | 0.064 |
Data presented as mean ± SEM for parametric data or median (interquartile range) for non-parametric data. Differences were considered significant when p < 0.05.