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. 2014 Jan 22;31(1):39–48. doi: 10.5604/20831862.1086731

TABLE 2.

CHANGES OF HAEMATOCRIT VALUE, CORTISOL AND CALPROTECTIN CONCENTRATIONS AT REST, BEFORE AND AFTER SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE

Variables Group Condition Rest Before exercise Recovery phase (min) 3 way ANOVA

0 30 60 120
Hematocrit % Acclimatized Cold 42.22 43.60* 43.89* 42.06 41.90 42.42 Ti : P<0.001
Te : NS
Gr : NS
Interaction(Ti×Te) : P<0.001
0.87 0.72 0.97 0.88 0.86 0.75

Thermoneutral 41.50 41.63 43.13* 41.52 41.37 42.17
0.85 0.80 0.88 0.92 0.87 0.98

Non-acclimatized Cold 43.75 44.34* 44.88* 43.45 43.77 44.59
0.90 0.67 0.90 0.90 0.92 1.12

Thermoneutral 43.10 43.03 45.15* 43.52 43.59 44.55*
0.92 0.93 1.02 1.09 0.94 0.99

Cortisol (nmol · L-1) Acclimatized Cold 228.25 153.15* 262.71 247.45 143.03 128.79* Ti : P<0.001
Te : NS
Gr : NS
Interaction(Te×Gr): P<0.05
27.59 21.93 47.18 51.04 28.72 23.56

Thermoneutral 245.96 196.39 339.83 320.51 220.09 167.28
29.14 22.87 44.17 43.95 24.94 34.18

Non-acclimatized Cold 273.97 178.29* 277.39 291.41 238.15 211.12
48.64 30.90 65.22 75.84 63.76 37.52

Thermoneutral 213.88 179.72 269.31 298.63 213.18 140.49*
30.65 37.27 47.42 49.41 52.75 26.38

Calprotectin (g · L-1) Acclimatized Cold 4.04 4.60* 9.26* 10.37* 9.76* 9.95* Ti : P<0.001
Te : P<0.05
Gr : NS
Interaction : NS
0.95 0.88 1.13 1.20 1.07 1.58

Thermoneutral 4.46 3.91* 9.46* 7.47* 10.75* 8.98*
0.07 0.85 1.03 0.92 1.34 0.79

Non-acclimatized Cold 5.00 5.10 11.86* 9.74* 11.67* 11.25*
0.67 0.70 1.54 1.19 1.27 1.54

Thermoneutral 4.07 3.39* 9.75* 8.19* 9.16* 10.07*
0.50 0.44 1.40 1.08 1.01 1.00
*

Note: Values are mean and SE, P<0.05 compared to rest, Ti: time, Te: temperature, Gr: group, NS: no significance