Table 1.

Blood leukocyte subset responses to the 1–1.5 hour long run

Blood sampling	Subjects	Total leukocytes.	Neutrophil Granuloc.	Band neutrophils	Lymphoc.	Monocytes
Before	Athletes1	7.1 ± 1.1	4.8 ± 0.8	0.06 ± 0.05	1.3 ± 0.5	0.6 ± 0.2
	Control2	6.0 ± 1.2	3.6 ± 0.9#	0.09 ± 0.05	1.2 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.3
Just after	Athletes	8.5 ± 1.6	5.7 ± 1.0	0.09 ± 0.06	1.7 ± 0.8	0.8 ± 0.3
	Control	9.9 ± 3.8*	7.1 ± 2.8*	0.21 ± 0.20	1.4 ± 0.7	0.8 ± 0.4
3 h after	Athletes	9.2 ± 1.7*	6.7 ± 1.3*	0.15 ± 0.09	1.3 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.2
	Control	12.2 ± 2.8*	8.7 ± 2.3*	0.63 ± 0.2*#	1.3 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.3*#

The values given are means ± SD in 10⁹ cells/l. * = different from Pre, p < 0.05, # = difference between groups, p < 0.05; ¹n = 7, ²n = 8.