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. 2016 Oct 24;2(1):e000171.
doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000171. eCollection 2016.

Effects of exercise on markers of oxidative stress: an Ancillary analysis of the Alberta Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

Christine M Friedenreich  1 , Vincent Pialoux  2 , Qinggang Wang  3 , Eileen Shaw  3 , Darren R Brenner  1 , Xavier Waltz  4 , Shannon M Conroy  5 , Rhys Johnson  3 , Christy G Woolcott  6 , Marc J Poulin  4 , Kerry S Courneya  7
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Effects of exercise on markers of oxidative stress: an Ancillary analysis of the Alberta Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

Christine M Friedenreich et al. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. .

Abstract

Background: Oxidative stress may contribute to cancer aetiology through several mechanisms involving damage to DNA, proteins and lipids leading to genetic mutations and genomic instability. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of aerobic exercise on markers of oxidative damage and antioxidant enzymes in postmenopausal women.

Methods: The Alberta Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (ALPHA) was a two-centre, two-armed randomised trial of 320 inactive, healthy, postmenopausal women aged 50-74 years. Participants were randomly assigned to a year-long exercise intervention (225 min/week) or a control group while being asked to maintain a normal diet. Fasting blood samples were obtained and plasma concentrations of two oxidative damage markers (8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and 8-isoprostaglandin F2α (8-Iso-PGF2α)) and two antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase and catalase) were measured at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol analyses were performed using linear mixed models adjusted for baseline biomarker concentrations. A further exercise adherence analysis, based on mean minutes of exercise per week, was also performed.

Results: In the ITT and per-protocol analyses, the exercise intervention did not have any statistically significant effect on either oxidative damage biomarkers or antioxidant enzyme activity.

Conclusions: A year-long aerobic exercise intervention did not have a significant impact on oxidative stress in healthy, postmenopausal women.

Trial registration number: NCT00522262.

Keywords: Antioxidants; Cancer; Exercise physiology; Randomised controlled trial.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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