Table 3.

Influence of short-term sprint interval training on selected blood parameters

	Sprint interval training		Single bout		Sedentary
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
Glucose (mmol l−1)	4.44 ± 0.14	4.44 ± 0.11	4.05 ± 0.08	4.16 ± 0.06	4.22 ± 0.08	4.27 ± 0.06
Insulin (pmol l−1)	37.3 ± 7.9	32.1 ± 6.0	25.0 ± 4.8	22.8 ± 3.5	33.5 ± 8.1	33.1 ± 5.1
NEFA (mmol l−1)	0.51 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.04	0.50 ± 0.04	0.46 ± 0.04	0.45 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.03
Noradrenaline (nmol l−1)	0.97 ± 0.12	0.91 ± 0.09	0.86 ± 0.12	0.94 ± 0.12	0.94 ± 0.13	0.98 ± 0.10
Adiponectin (μg ml−1)	8.68 ± 0.97	8.72 ± 0.93	8.49 ± 0.62	8.52 ± 0.76	9.01 ± 0.47	8.59 ± 0.59
PEDF (μg ml−1)	4.28 ± 0.47	4.44 ± 0.62	4.32 ± 0.60	3.86 ± 0.48	4.74 ± 0.72	4.60 ± 0.74

Data are mean ±s.e.m. NEFA, non-esterified fatty acids; PEDF, pigment epithelial-derived factor.