Oxidative Stress in Female Athletes Using Combined Oral Contraceptives

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 2 Relationships of continuous lipid peroxidation values (in FORT units) with other parameters by two-tailed Spearman correlation coefficient (r _s) in the 42 OC users and 102 non-OC users

Characteristic	OC users (n = 42)	Non-OC users (n = 102)
Sport activity, hours week⁻¹	−0.18	0.11
Age, years	−0.10	0.06
Weight, kg	−0.19	0.26**
Height, cm	−0.26	0.02
BMI, kg m⁻²	0.01	0.30**
Time of OC use, months	0.03	−
Cigarettes, day⁻¹	−0.19	−0.09
Coffee, cups^a day⁻¹	−0.25	−0.10
Tea, cups day⁻¹	0.16	0.16
Milk, cups week⁻¹	0.07	0.10
Chocolate, 50 g servings week⁻¹	−0.11	−0.29**
Bread, 50 g servings week⁻¹	−0.19	−0.16
Rice, 80 g servings week⁻¹	0.06	−0.14
Pasta, 100 g servings week⁻¹	0.02	0.03
Fruits, 200 g servings week⁻¹	−0.19	−0.10
Tomato/eggplant/pepper, plates week⁻¹	−0.04	0.01
Fresh vegetables, plates week⁻¹	−0.28^	0.02
Legumes, plates week⁻¹	−0.04	0.07
Cheese, 50 g servings week⁻¹	−0.11	−0.10
Eggs, servings week⁻¹	−0.12	0.13
Red meat, 150 g servings week⁻¹	−0.01	−0.17
Total meat (any type), 150 g servings week⁻¹	0.15	−0.13
Sausages, 50 g servings week⁻¹	−0.08	0.01
Fish, 200 g servings week⁻¹	−0.18	−0.22*
Yogurt, 125 g servings week⁻¹	−0.02	−0.12
Sweet cakes, 50 g servings week⁻¹	−0.14	0.07
Wine, 125 mL glasses week⁻¹	0.09	0.01
Beer, 200 mL glasses week⁻¹	0.17	0.08
Spirits, 40 mL glasses week⁻¹	−0.05	0.11
Total alcohol, grams week⁻¹	0.09	0.13

Significant findings are indicated in italics. Superscript “^” indicated a tendency
BMI body mass index
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01
^aItalian espresso coffee cups