Table 2.

Levels of lipid peroxidation parameters, total oxidative status (TOS), and oxidative stress index (OSI) (mean value ± standard deviation (SD)) in healthy subjects 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.

Parameters		WBC group	KT group	P
MDA (p) (μmol/l)	Before	2.08 ± 0.47	2.30 ± 0.52	0.227
	After	1.63 ± 0.35	2.39 ± 0.52	<0.001
	P ∗	0.013	0.569
	Δ	−0.45 ± 0.61	0.09 ± 0.70	0.027
MDA (e) (nmol/gHb)	Before	0.13 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.03	<0.001
	After	0.13 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.05	0.010
	P ∗	0.234	0.999
	Δ	0.00 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.05	0.799
TOS (s) (μmol/l)	Before	20.69 ± 4.99	10.12 ± 3.28	<0.001
	After	15.88 ± 3.77	11.97 ± 6.71	0.053
	P ∗	0.006	0.485
	Δ	−4.81 ± 5.51	1.85 ± 7.80	0.010
OSI (p/s) (arbitrary unit)	Before	19.51 ± 7.75	6.84 ± 3.03	<0.001
	After	9.65 ± 3.18	10.79 ± 9.02	0.637
	P ∗	<0.001	0.196
	Δ	−9.87 ± 7.50	3.96 ± 8.73	<0.001

P: statistical significance of differences between both groups of patients; P^∗: statistical significance of differences between values before and after treatment in particular groups of patients. (p): plasma; (s): serum; (e): erythrocyte lysates; Δ: difference prior to posttreatment.