Table 3.

Differences between the indexes of liver and skeletal muscle damage in ultra-marathon runners between the groups with respect to age (younger group A vs. older group B).

Index	Rest		25 km		50 km		75 km		100 km		24h recovery
	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
ALT	24.7±6.31	23.5±9.5	24.9±6.72	24.6±10.18	24.7±6.17	24.4±8.92	26.1±9.54	27.6±10.45	33.3±21.05	37.7±12.2	55.4±40.43	67.3±19.77
ES	0.15		0.03		0.04		−0.16		−0.28		−0.41
AST	31.7±5.75	30.5±6.8	40.6±4.97	38.5±13.2	42.5±12.61	47.5±9.52	51.1±44.95	71.1±12.21	95.1±124.02	140.0±35.73	144.9±167.05	226.0±65.6
ES	0.20		0.20		−0.47		−0.70		−0.56		−0.68
DeRitis ratio	1.36±0.26	1.36±0.32	1.67±0.33	1.65±0.32	1.85±0.31	1.95±0.32	2.19±0.2	2.41±0.32	3.02±0.28	3.32±0.34	2.74±0.27	2.96±0.41
ES	0.02		0.10		−0.27		−0.39		−0.30		−0.30
LDH	277.0±47.57	236.0±93.37	284.4±79.02	256.7±98.41	316.8±115.62	390.2±108.49	396.8±151.87	404.9±102.68	469.5±288.49	539.0±111.53	518.8±325.89	573.6±124.97
ES	0.52		0.31		−0.67		−0.07		−0.37		−0.25
CK	114.2±148.25	177.6±40.6	177.2±169.61	249.3±70.45	296.4±432.27	611.3±105.88	721.0±1101.43	1168.8±623.63	1699.7±1175.42	1365.8±935.73	2032.1±529	1021.5±1106.61
ES	−0.64		−0.60		−0.98		−0.55		0.34		0.99
CRP	4.63±0.26	0.75±8.99	5.65±0.28	0.95±11.8	6.76±0.25	0.9±14.39	9.45±0.82	1.93±18.95	13.91±2.75	4.25±24.28	35.4±12.41	24.78±12.24
ES	0.55		0.51		0.52		0.49		0.49		0.82

ES - effect size