Plasma antioxidants and oxidative stress status in obese women: correlation with cardiopulmonary response.

Introduction: A high body fat coupled with low cardiopulmonary fitness and an increase in oxidative stress has been connoted as contributing factors in developing cardiovascular comorbidities. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between antioxidants and oxidative stress status with cardiopulmonary responses in women of different body mass index (BMI).

Subjects And Methods: Eighty female adults were recruited and divided into three groups; normal weight ( = 23), overweight ( = 28) and obese ( = 29), according to their BMI.