Table 4 Oxidative/antioxidant status and cytokine changes (M ± SD) after 8-days of water-only fasting and two physical exercise tests.

From: Metabolic and hormonal effects of an 8 days water only fasting combined with exercise in middle aged men

Values

Rest before fasting (1)

Rest after fasting (2)

Exercise before fasting (3)

Exercise after fasting (4)

Friedman’s Anova; p≤

Partial eta square ηp2

TAS [µmol/l]

304.40 ± 35.91

335.72 ± 37.23

315.92 ± 34.22#

352.91 ± 25.82

0.00363

0.060 (M)

PerOx [µmol/l]

227.04 ± 122.23

111.55 ± 108.36

297.63 ± 175.33##

158.61 ± 207.18

0.00039

0.019 (S)

IL-6 [pg/ml]

4.87 ± 1.96

4.162 ± 1.02###

5.69 ± 1.58

5.96 ± 1.90

0.00045

0.018 (S)

TNF-α [pg/ml]

3.71 ± 1.54

4.37 ± 1.96

3.44 ± 2.10

4.35 ± 2.91

0.66892

0.004 (S)

  1. Dunn-Bonferroni comparisons: different than (4) #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, ###p < 0.001. Effect size: ηp2 = 0.01 indicates a small effect (S); ηp2 = 0.06 indicates a medium effect (M); and ηp2 = 0.14 indicates a large effect (L).
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