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Correlations between individual serum levels of stress hormones and leukocyte deviations (% changes from baseline) |
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| Hormone |
Leukocyte |
Time after exerc.(h) (hormones/leukoc.) |
Correlation coeff. (r) |
P value |
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| Cortisol |
Neutrophils |
0/0 – TW1 |
-0.49 |
0.06 |
| 0/0 – TW2 |
-0.32 |
0.21 |
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| Lymphocytes |
0/1 – TW1 |
-0.51 |
0.05 |
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| Mixed cells |
0/5 – TW1 |
-0.31 |
0.26 |
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| 0/5 – TW2 |
0.31 |
0.25 |
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| GH |
Neutrophils |
During/0 – TW1 |
0.56 |
0.025 |
| During/0 – TW2 |
0.76 |
0.001 |
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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. | ||||
Risøy et al. BMC Physiology 2003 3:14 doi:10.1186/1472-6793-3-14 |
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