Table 1.
Control | CHO | |||||
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Pre | Post | 2 h post | Pre | Post | 2 h post | |
WBCs (1 × 109 l−1) | 4.5 ± 0.3 | 9.3 ± 1.4* | 9.1 ± 1.2* | 4.3 ± 0.3 | 7.2 ± 0.4* | 7.8 ± 0.9* |
Neutrophils (1 × 109 l−1) | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 5.7 ± 1.3* | 7.0 ± 1.2* | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 4.0 ± 0.5* | 5.7 ± 0.9* |
Lymphocytes (1 × 109 l−1) | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 2.8 ± 0.5* | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 2.4 ± 0.4* | 1.5 ± 0.1 |
Monocytes (1 × 109 l−1) | 0.3 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 0.1* | 0.5 ± 0.1* | 0.3 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.1* | 0.5 ± 0.1* |
Values are mean ±s.e.m. (n = 6) circulating total WBCs, neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes in peripheral blood prior to (Pre), immediately following (Post), and 120 min into recovery (2 h post) from 2 h of bicycle exercise with (CHO) or without (Control) the ingestion of an 8 % carbohydrate solution throughout exercise.
P < 0.01, significantly different from pre-exercise values.