. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Apr;54(4):466–470. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318246f1d4

Table 2.

Exercise-induced changes in peripheral blood leukocytes, C-reactive protein (CRP), and angiotensin-converting enzyme activity (ACE).

Inflammatory Indices	Measurement Time Point
Inflammatory Indices	0-h	4-h	24-h
Leukocytes (×10⁶ cells/mL)	5.8 ± 1.6	8.9 ± 2.6^***	6.6 ± 1.9^***
Neutrophil (×10⁴ cells/mL)	350 ± 131	621 ± 233^***	361 ± 145
Lymphocyte (×10⁴ cells/mL)	162 ± 48	191 ± 59^***	222 ± 58^***
Monocyte (×10⁴ cells/mL)	30.0 ± 8.5	41.3 ± 14^***	38.3 ± 14.5^**
Eosinophil (×10⁴ cells/mL)	22.3 ± 16	19.75 ± 15.5^*	23.4 ± 13.9
CRP (mg/L)	2.64 ± 4.7	2.77 ± 4.8	4.30 ± 5.3^**
ACE (U/L)	40.1 ± 14.6	41.9 ± 15.4^*	41.5 ± 14.6

Data presented as mean±SD. Measurement time points refer to the time of the sample collection (0-h: immediately before; 4-h: immediately after; 24-h: 24 hours after the start of the exercise). N=25. Statistically significant data are shown in bold.

: 0.05≥p>0.01;

^**

: 0.01≥p>0.001;

^***

p≤0.001 (vs. the corresponding 0-h).