. 2013 Jan;7(1):47–60. doi: 10.12816/0006020

Table (2).

Heart rate (beats/min) in control, steroid, exercise-trained and trained plus steroid groups.

Groups (n=10)	1^st week	2^nd week	3^rd week	4^th week	5^th week	6^th week
Control	410±27	433±28	421±33	461±28	452±29	466±34
Steroid	422±29	505±35	631±36^***, ^##	677±38^***, ^###	793±43^***, ^###	851±50^***, ^###
Exercise-trained	405±25	326±19^**, ^#	311±18^**, ^##	279±31^***, ^###	301±21^***, ^##	260±23^***, ^###
Trained plus steroid	401±24	386±26	391±22	485±34	474±39	492±42

Data are presented as mean ± SEM.

^**

P<0.01,

^***

P<0.001 versus control group.

P<0.05,

^##

P<0.01,

^###

P<0.001 versus first week.