Table 2 Antioxidant status measured in the peripheral blood of females ingesting ascorbic acid or placebo before exercise

1.27 ± 0.04

1.29 ± 0.02

1.33 ± 0.02

1.28 ± 0.03

1.27 ± 0.02

1.31 ± 0.03

74.0 ± 3.29

77.0 ± 3.54

78.1 ± 3.59

73.5 ± 3.25

77.2 ± 3.15

81.2 ± 3.35 ^{a, p = 0.002}

0.042 ± 0.003

0.038 ± 0.003

0.044 ± 0.007

0.039 ± 0.004

0.031 ± 0.002 ^{a, 0.048, b, p = 0.046}

0.030 ± 0.002 ^{a, p = 0.034, b, p = 0.044}

133 ± 7.1

135 ± 7.6

128 ± 6.8

133 ± 5.3

130 ± 6.4

138 ± 7.3

2609 ± 263

3168 ± 461

3450 ± 454^{a, p = 0.022}

2605 ± 375

2726 ± 340

2794 ± 364

90 ± 11.1

90 ± 12.4

90 ± 16.2

94 ± 11.8

91 ± 16.0

92 ± 12.0