Table 1.

Plasma concentration of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), before (Pre), immediately after (Post) and 2 h after (2 h post) the marathon race

	Pre	Post	2 h post
IL-1β (pg ml−1)	0.61 ± 0.24	0.92 ± 0.26 *	0.71 ± 0.24
TNF-α (pg ml−1)	0.96 ± 0.09	2.43 ± 0.27 †	1.82 ± 0.25 *

^*Significant difference from pre-exercise value, P < 0.005.

^†Significant difference from pre-exercise value, P < 0.0001.