Table 2. Blood glucose and lactate as well as plasma adrenaline and noradrenaline concentrations in women and men at rest and during 90 min of bicycle exercise at 60% V̇_O2peak.

		Rest	30 min exercise	60 min exercise	90 min exercise
Blood glucose (mm)	Women	4.6 ± 0.1	5.2 ± 0.2†	5.1 ± 0.3†	4.7 ± 0.1‡
	Men	4.7 ± 0.1	5.0 ± 0.1†	4.6 ± 0.1*	4.4 ± 0.1‡
Blood lactate (mm)	Women	0.9 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.4†	1.7 ± 0.3†	1.6 ± 0.2†
	Men	0.7 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.3†	1.7 ± 0.1†	1.8 ± 0.1†
Plasma adrenaline (nm)	Women	0.17 ± 0.10	0.53 ± 0.09	0.58 ± 0.10	1.02 ± 0.14†
	Men	0.09 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.16	1.14 ± 0.28†	2.28 ± 0.50*†‡#
Plasma noradrenaline (nm)	Women	1.62 ± 0.49	6.40 ± 1.12†	6.81 ± 1.16†	7.07 ± 1.12†‡
	Men	1.25 ± 0.33	5.74 ± 0.71†	7.19 ± 1.19†	8.43 ± 1.22†‡

Data are mean ± s.e.m.

^*Different from women, P < 0.05

^†different from rest, P < 0.05

^‡different from 30 min, P < 0.05

^#different from 60 min, P < 0.05