Table 4

Correlations between individual serum levels of stress hormones and leukocyte deviations (% changes from baseline)

Hormone
Leukocyte
Time after exerc.(h) (hormones/leukoc.)
Correlation coeff. (r)
P value

Cortisol
Neutrophils
0/0 – TW1
-0.49
0.06


0/0 – TW2
-0.32
0.21

Lymphocytes
0/1 – TW1
-0.51
0.05

Mixed cells
0/5 – TW1
-0.31
0.26


0/5 – TW2
0.31
0.25
GH
Neutrophils
During/0 – TW1
0.56
0.025


During/0 – TW2
0.76
0.001

The table shows correlations for the HT and NT groups taken together at various times after TW1 and TW2. All other correlations (e.g. cortisol at 5 min vs. lymphocytes 65 min after, r = -0.15; p = 0.57) were <0.3 or >-0.3.

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