Table 2.
Total antioxidant Capacity (TAC), Catalase activity (CAT) and Reduced Glutathione (GH) in women with GDM and in women with uncomplicated pregnancies (control group), prior-to, immediately after and one hour after the exercise.
| TAC (μmol/mL) | CAT (U/mg Hb) | GSH (μmol/g Hb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDM (N = 25) |
Controls (N = 25) |
GDM (N = 20) |
Controls (N = 20) |
GDM (N = 20) |
Controls (N = 20) |
|
| Prior to the exercise bout | 0.75 ± 0.09 | 0.81 ± 0.09 | 208.8 ± 53.2 | 274.5 ± 54.8 * | 1.73 ± 1.08 | 1.91 ± 0.87 |
|
Immediately
after the exercise bout |
0.86 ± 0.11 † | 0.90 ± 0.11 † | 245.5 ± 63.3 † | 341.5 ± 59.3 † | 0.97 ± 0.62 † | 1.32 ± 0.48 † |
| 1 h after the exercise bout | 0.75 ± 0.07 | 0.77 ± 0.11 | 241.4 ± 87.6 | 294.1 ± 51.2 * | 1.27 ± 0.59 # | 1.54 ± 1.04 *,# |
Data are expressed in mean ± SD. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Data were analyzed using repeated measure ANOVA; Bonferroni correction was employed as post hoc test. The asterisk (*) indicates a statistically significant difference between the two groups (women with GDM compared to women with uncomplicated pregnancies (p < 0.05)). The dagger (†) indicated a statistically significant difference within the groups (between prior-to and immediately after the exercise (p < 0.001)) and the hashtag (#) indicates a statistically significant difference within the groups (between prior-to and one hour after the exercise (p < 0.05)).